D.
HOLLAND-AMERICA lINE
(Nederlandsche-Amerikaansche Stoomvart
Maatschappi)

Postcard in the
author's collection
Volendam
– twscs
15,434gt 1922
Photo in Arnold Kludas' "Great Passenger
Govan
Ships of the World", Vol. 2
1913-1923,
Built for a four ship 'pool service'
p.197
with Hamburg America, Red Star
Line, Norddeutscher Lloyd and
Holland America between
Liverpool and Canada
1940 escaped to
London (her
lifeboats were taken for use at
Dunkirk)
(Aug) torpedoed 300 miles off
Ireland on a voyage to Canada
with 335 chidren accompanied
by 271 adults. They were put
in lifeboats until picked up by
other ships. Volendam was towed
and beached at the Isle of Bute.
She was under repair for ten
months.
1941 used as a
troopship. She
took troops to Iceland and made
a number of trooping voyages
from U.K. to Suez
1945 (Jul) returned to Rotterdam
having transported over 100,000
troops in her trooping role
1946 carried Dutch
troops to
Indonesia
1947 carried assisted
passage migrants
to Australia
1948-1951 provided a
Rotterdam-Canada
service for the Netherlands Government and
a similar service to New York
1952
scrapped

From a postcard in the author's collection
Ryndam (II) - twscs 15015gt 1951
Photo in Arnold Kludas' "Great
Schiedam
Passenger Ships of the
World"
Built for the North Atlantic
Vol 5 1951-1976, p.39
passenger trade.
1964 made an experimental
voyage - Southampton via Suez
to Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney
and Wellington, returning via
the Panama Canal.
1965 transferred to
Europa-Canada Line
1970 laid up
1972 sold to World Wide
Cruises S.A. Panama
r/n Atlas and
extensively
refitted for cruises
1988 bought by a Bahamas
company for casino
gambling cruising off Gulf
ports r/n Pride of Mississippi.
1991 casino cruises based at
Galveston r/n Pride of Galveston
1993 with a change in the law
transfered to a permanent berth
at Gulfport. Converted into a
Las Vegas style casino

Postcard in the author's collection
Maasdam (IV) - twscs 15024gt
1952 Photo in Arnold Kludas, op. cit,
.
Schiedam
p.38
(Built as a sister to Ryndam and for
the North Atlantic trade)
1965 replicated
Ryndam's voyage
of the previous year to Australia and
New Zealand
1968 sold
to the Polish Ocean Line
as a replacement for Batory
r/n Stefan Batory. Modernised.
1969 entered
passenger service
to Canada
1988 passenger
service to Canada
ended
1989 sold to a Panamanian company
1990 owned by
a Nassau company
r/n Stefan
and used as a refugee
accommodation ship at Gothenburg
1991 used by an
Italin film company
1995 owned in
Nassau and listed
as an accommodation ship
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