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The MS Rotterdam is a cruise ship, the sixth Holland-American vessel to bear the name. It was built in Italy in 1997. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...



MS Rotterdam Facts


Ship's Registry: The Netherlands


Gross tonnage: 59,652 grt.


Length: 778 feet


Beam: 105.8 feet


Maximum speed: 25 knots


Passenger capacity: 1,316


Crew members: 593



In October of 2004, it lost power while doing a transatlantic crossing. Its passengers suffered many injuries during this period; the most severe being a broken femur. October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the similarly named rock band, see TransAtlantic. ... Anterior view of the femur The femur or thigh bone is the longest (length), largest (volume) and strongest (mechanical ability to resist deformity) bone of the human body. ...


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The Nieuwe Waterweg was dug from Rotterdam to the North Sea, a canal to disembogue the shallow Rhine and Meuse.
Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and a number of smaller cities in the west of the country are expanding towards each other to the extent that the entire area is sometimes denoted as a single metropole known as Randstad.
Rotterdam has a reputation in being a platform for the architectural discourse and education; the Berlage Institute a postgraduate laboratory of architecture, and the NAi (Netherlands Architecture Institute), which is open to the public and has various and very good exhibitions on architecture and urban planning issues.
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