SS Noordam (1902)

Noordam picking up a pilot in 1903.
History
Name	1902: Noordam 1923: Kungsholm 1925: Noordam
Owner	Holland America Line
Operator	1923: Swedish American Line
Port of registry	1902: Rotterdam 1923: Gothenburg 1925: Rotterdam
Route	1902: Rotterdam – New York 1923: Gothenburg – New York 1926: Rotterdam – New York
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	338
Launched	28 September 1901
Completed	29 March 1902
Maiden voyage	1 May 1902
Refit	1923
Identification	1902: code letters PMVL by 1913: call sign MHA 1914: call sign PAI
Fate	Scrapped 1928–29
General characteristics
Type	ocean liner
Tonnage	12,531 GRT, 7,978 NRT, 12,339 DWT
Length	560.7 ft (170.9 m) overall 550.3 ft (167.7 m) registered
Beam	62.3 ft (19.0 m)
Draught	32 ft 1 in (9.78 m)
Depth	26.2 ft (8.0 m)
Decks	3
Installed power	1,265 NHP, 7,600 ihp
Propulsion	2 × screws 2 × triple-expansion engines
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Capacity	passengers: 1902: 286 × 1st class, 292 × 2nd class, 1,800 × 3rd class 1923: 478 × cabin class, 1,800 × 3rd class 1926: 3rd class only cargo: 530,000 cubic feet (15,008 m3) grain, 488,000 cubic feet (13,819 m3) bale
Sensors and processing systems	by 1911: submarine signalling
Notes	sister ships: Potsdam, Rijndam

SS Noordam was a steam ocean liner that was launched in Ireland in 1901 and scrapped in the Netherlands in 1928–29. Holland America Line owned her throughout her career. From 1923 to 1924 Swedish American Line chartered her and renamed her Kungsholm.

She was the first of four Holland America Line ships to be called Noordam, and the first of four Swedish American Line ships to be called Kungsholm.