SS Rotterdam
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The fifth SS Rotterdam, also known as "The Grande Dame", is a former ocean liner and cruise ship, and has been a hotel ship in Rotterdam, Netherlands, since 2010. She was launched by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in a gala ceremony on 13 September 1958, and was completed the following summer.
For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named SS Rotterdam.
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Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1965 | |
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Ordered | 27 October 1955 |
Builder | Rotterdam Drydock Company mij., Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Cost | $(US) 30,000,000 (1959)[1] |
Yard number | 300 |
Laid down | 14 December 1956 |
Launched | 13 September 1958 |
Christened | HM Queen Juliana[1] |
Completed | 1959 |
Maiden voyage | 3 September 1959 |
In service | 1959 – 2000 |
Out of service | 21 September 2000 |
Identification | IMO number: 5301019 |
Fate | Preserved as a hotel/museum/tourist attraction |
Status | Permanently docked in Rotterdam, Netherlands |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 38,645 gross tons[1] |
Displacement | 31,530 tons |
Length | 228.0 m (748 ft)[1] |
Beam | 28.71 m (94.1 ft)[1] |
Height | 61 m (200.1 ft) |
Draft | 9.04 m (29.6 ft)[1] |
Decks | 10[1] |
Installed power | 38,000 horsepower @ 135.5 RPM |
Propulsion | 2 steam turbines manufactured by de Schelde, Vlissingen (Flushing), Netherlands 4 V2M 640PSI Boilers (3 active, 1 reserve), designed by Combustion Engineering and manufactured by de Schelde |
Speed | 21.5 kn (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) |
Capacity | 1,456 passengers |
Crew | 776 officers and crew |
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The Rotterdam was the last great Dutch "ship of state", employing the finest artisans from the Netherlands in her construction and fitting out process.[2] Her career spanned forty-one years. She sailed from 1959 until her final retirement in September 2000.