Rotterdam

Holland-America Line

Length:	337.7 ft
Breadth:	77 ft.
Draft (or Depth):	33 ft.
Tonnage:	24,149 (gross); 15,056 (net)
Engines:	Two four-cylinder quadruple expansion steam engines; 15,000 s.h.p.
Speed:	16.5 knots
Builder:	Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland, (Yard No. 390)
Launched:	March 1908
Maiden Voyage:
Disposition:	January 1940 - Sold to ship breakers.
Particulars:	Port of Registry: Rotterdam Flag of Registry: Dutch Funnel color: Yellow (buff); green-white-green bands of equal width below yellow (buff) top; on the white (middle) stripe in black block letters, N A S M Company flag: Green-white-green horizontal stripes of equal width; on the white (middle) stripe in black block letters, N A S M Signal Letters: Wireless call letters: M H R Details: Steel hull; twin screw;

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

Mentioned during Edward Wilding's testimony at the Wreck Commissioner's Enquiry as a vessel built by Harland & Wolff.

Data:

March 1908

Launched by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland, (Yard No. 390), for the Holland-America Line.

June 13, 1908

Maiden voyage: Rotterdam - New York

March 1916

Laid up at Rotterdam for the remainder of World War I.

February 1919

Returned to service.

Converted to oil in 1923 and modernized in 1925, Rotterdam spent the balance of her career cruising, in addition to her transatlantic duties. She was, in fact, on a cruise in September 1939, when World War II began. After competing that trip she made two more neutral-flag Atlantic crossings with returning Americans, and was laid up when she returned to Rotterdam on 28 December. A month later she was sold for scrap.

January 1940

Sold to Dutch ship breakers for scrap.