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SS Volendam
SS Volendam was a Dutch-owned transatlantic liner, launched in Scotland in 1922 and scrapped in the Netherlands in 1952. She was part of the first generation of turbine-powered steamships in the Holland America Line (Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij, or NASM) fleet. Volendam and her sister ship Veendam were NASM's largest turbine steamships until the flagship Statendam was completed in 1929.
In the 1920s and 30s, Volendam spent most of her career on scheduled services between Rotterdam and Hoboken, New Jersey. She also operated seasonal cruises: mostly to the Caribbean, but occasionally to the Mediterranean, and to Norway. In the Second World War, she evacuated refugees from Europe, including children from Britain, until in 1940 she was damaged by two torpedoes.
In 1941 she returned to service as a troop ship. In 1947, she became an emigrant ship, at first carrying mostly Dutch emigrants. In 1948 she returned to transatlantic service, offering budget travel, which attracted US and Canadian students making their summer vacation in Europe. She was scrapped in 1952.
This was the first NASM ship to be named after the town of Volendam in North Holland. NASM next used the name in 1972, when it bought and renamed the turbine steamship Brasil.
In 1922, Harland & Wolff launched two liners at its shipyard in Govan, Glasgow, for NASM. Volendam was built as yard number 649 on slipway number 6, launched on 6 July 1922, and completed on 12 October that year. Her sister Veendam was launched on 18 November 1922 and completed on 29 March 1923.
Volendam's lengths were 575 ft (175 m) overall and 550.2 ft (167.7 m) registered. Her beam was 67.3 ft (20.5 m) and her depth was 32.6 ft (9.9 m). Her tonnages were 15,434 GRT, 9,197 NRT and 13,713 DWT. As built, she had berths for 899 passengers: 263 in first class, 436 in second class, and 200 in third class. Her holds had capacity for 484,000 cubic feet (13,700 m3) of grain, or 453,000 cubic feet (12,800 m3) of baled cargo.
Her public rooms included a First Class smoking room decorated in early Tudor style, with a fireplace, and oak-panelled walls and ceiling. Passengers had control of the heating and ventilation of their individual cabins, which in 1922 was an innovation.
The ship had two screws and four turbines: two high-pressure and two low-pressure. Each screw was driven by one high-pressure and one low-pressure turbine via single-reduction gearing. Her nine water-tube boilers were oil-fuelled, and supplied steam to her high-pressure turbines at 215 psi. The combined power of her four turbines was rated at 1,913 NHP or 8,000 bhp, and gave her a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h).
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SS Volendam
SS Volendam was a Dutch-owned transatlantic liner, launched in Scotland in 1922 and scrapped in the Netherlands in 1952. She was part of the first generation of turbine-powered steamships in the Holland America Line (Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij, or NASM) fleet. Volendam and her sister ship Veendam were NASM's largest turbine steamships until the flagship Statendam was completed in 1929.
In the 1920s and 30s, Volendam spent most of her career on scheduled services between Rotterdam and Hoboken, New Jersey. She also operated seasonal cruises: mostly to the Caribbean, but occasionally to the Mediterranean, and to Norway. In the Second World War, she evacuated refugees from Europe, including children from Britain, until in 1940 she was damaged by two torpedoes.
In 1941 she returned to service as a troop ship. In 1947, she became an emigrant ship, at first carrying mostly Dutch emigrants. In 1948 she returned to transatlantic service, offering budget travel, which attracted US and Canadian students making their summer vacation in Europe. She was scrapped in 1952.
This was the first NASM ship to be named after the town of Volendam in North Holland. NASM next used the name in 1972, when it bought and renamed the turbine steamship Brasil.
In 1922, Harland & Wolff launched two liners at its shipyard in Govan, Glasgow, for NASM. Volendam was built as yard number 649 on slipway number 6, launched on 6 July 1922, and completed on 12 October that year. Her sister Veendam was launched on 18 November 1922 and completed on 29 March 1923.
Volendam's lengths were 575 ft (175 m) overall and 550.2 ft (167.7 m) registered. Her beam was 67.3 ft (20.5 m) and her depth was 32.6 ft (9.9 m). Her tonnages were 15,434 GRT, 9,197 NRT and 13,713 DWT. As built, she had berths for 899 passengers: 263 in first class, 436 in second class, and 200 in third class. Her holds had capacity for 484,000 cubic feet (13,700 m3) of grain, or 453,000 cubic feet (12,800 m3) of baled cargo.
Her public rooms included a First Class smoking room decorated in early Tudor style, with a fireplace, and oak-panelled walls and ceiling. Passengers had control of the heating and ventilation of their individual cabins, which in 1922 was an innovation.
The ship had two screws and four turbines: two high-pressure and two low-pressure. Each screw was driven by one high-pressure and one low-pressure turbine via single-reduction gearing. Her nine water-tube boilers were oil-fuelled, and supplied steam to her high-pressure turbines at 215 psi. The combined power of her four turbines was rated at 1,913 NHP or 8,000 bhp, and gave her a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h).
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