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Several ships have sailed under the name Noordam for Holland America Line. HAL logo Holland America Line, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, is a cruise ship line, originally an operator of passenger and cargo ships. ...
The first ran a transatlantic route from Rotterdam to New York, primarily delivering immigrants, between 1902 and 1928. The second, built in 1938 by P. Smit Jr. in Rotterdam, had a cruising speed of 18 knots. Her gross tonnage was 10,704 tonnes. She was renamed Oceanien in 1963, and was scrapped in Yugoslavia in 1967. TransAtlantic were a progressive rock supergroup formed in 2000 by vocalist/keyboardist Neal Morse of Spocks Beard and drummer Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater. ...
For other places named Rotterdam, see Rotterdam (disambiguation) Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), located in the province of South Holland. ...
The third Noordam was the first for luxury cruise service. Built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in 1984, had a gross tonnage of 33,933 tonnes and was 704 ft (215 m) long. The ship's beam was 89 ft (27 m) and draft was 24 ft (7.3 m); her cruising speed was 21 knots. Her standard capacity was 1,214 with all 607 cabins at double occupancy; her maximum capacity was 1,350 passengers and she had 560 crew members. In 2005, the ship was acquired by Louis Cruise Lines and was immediately chartered to Thomson Cruises; she was rechristened the Thomson Celebration. Her sister ship, the Thomson Spirit, was originally the Holland America ship Nieuw Amsterdam. New Amsterdam may refer to: New Amsterdam, the colonial settlement in the New Netherland colony that became New York City New Amsterdam, Indiana New Amsterdam, Guyana Nieuw Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Dutch municipality of Emmen Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname Suriname New Amsterdam Brewing Company in New York City This is a...
The latest ship to bear the moniker Noordam is a member of Holland America's Vista class. Scheduled to launch in 2006, she is the sister of MS Oosterdam, MS Westerdam, and MS Zuiderdam. With a gross tonnage of 81,769 tonnes, she will be 935 ft long and have a beam of 106 ft. Her passenger capacity is expected to be 1,848 who will be served by 800 crew members. The MS Zuiderdam is a cruise ship that sails for Holland America Line, a division of Carnival Corporation. ...
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