SS Rotterdam (1908)

Oil painting of Rotterdam before 1912
History
Netherlands
Name	Rotterdam
Namesake	Rotterdam
Owner	NASM
Operator	Holland America Line
Port of registry	Rotterdam
Route	Rotterdam – Hoboken
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	390
Laid down	6 November 1906
Launched	3 March 1908
Completed	6 June 1908
Maiden voyage	13 June 1908
Refit	1926, 1936, 1937
Identification	code letters PRMN by 1913: call sign MHR 1914: call sign PEA by 1934: call sign PHEG
Fate	Scrapped in 1940
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	24,149 GRT, 15,020 NRT, 14,040 DWT
Displacement	36,870 tons
Length	650.5 ft (198.3 m) registered
Beam	77.4 ft (23.6 m)
Draught	33 ft 0 in (10.06 m)
Depth	43.5 ft (13.3 m)
Decks	4
Installed power	2,451 NHP, 15,000 ihp
Propulsion	2 × screws 2 × quadruple expansion engines
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity	Passengers: 1908: 525 1st class, 515 2nd class, 2,400 3rd class 1929: 517 1st class, 1,130 tourist class Cargo: 620,000 cubic feet (17,556 m3) grain, 570,000 cubic feet (16,141 m3) bale
Crew	472
Sensors and processing systems	by 1910: submarine signalling by 1930: wireless direction finding

SS Rotterdam was a steam ocean liner that was launched and completed in Ireland in 1908, and scrapped in the Netherlands in 1940. Holland America Line (HAL) owned and operated her throughout her career. She was the fourth of seven HAL ships to have been named after the Dutch city of Rotterdam. Until Statendam entered service in 1929, Rotterdam was the largest and swiftest ship in the company's fleet, and was the company's flagship.