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'''SS ''Nieuw Amsterdam''''' was a ship built in Belfast by [[Harland and Wolff]]. It was launched in 1905 and on April 7, 1906, made its first voyage to [[New York City|New York]] from [[Rotterdam]].<ref name="Great Ships">[http://www.greatships.net/nieuwamsterdam.html ''Nieuw Amsterdam''.] greatships.net. Retrieved March 29, 2014.</ref>
'''SS ''Nieuw Amsterdam''''' was a ship built in Belfast by [[Harland and Wolff]]. It was launched in 1905 and on April 7, 1906, made its first voyage to [[New York City|New York]] from [[Rotterdam]].<ref name="Great Ships">[http://www.greatships.net/nieuwamsterdam.html ''Nieuw Amsterdam''.] greatships.net. Retrieved March 29, 2014.</ref>
[[File:American homes and gardens (1905) (14782070722).jpg|thumb|The music room]]

The ''Nieuw Amsterdam'' was fitted with sails, but they were never deployed; it was the first [[Quadruple expansion steam engine|quadruple expansion powered]] ship of the [[Holland America Line]]. In 1914, the ship brought almost 1,700 United States citizens back from Europe at the outbreak of [[World War I]]. In 1917 she took 2,300 Dutch seamen from the United States back to Holland. The ship was renovated in 1918 and overhauled in 1925 to a "cabin/tourist configuration". It became the first ship to bring immigrants to the large new Canadian immigration terminal [[Pier 21]] at [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], on March 28, 1928, and made 31 voyages to Pier 21 with Dutch immigrants before its retirement.<ref>[http://www.pier21.ca/research/immigration-records/ship-arrival-search "Ship Arrival Database", ''Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21'']</ref> The last transatlantic passenger trip was made from Rotterdam on October 2, 1931, for New York. ''Nieuw Amsterdam'' arrived in Japan in February 1932 where it was scrapped.<ref name="Great Ships" />
The ''Nieuw Amsterdam'' was fitted with sails, but they were never deployed; it was the first [[Quadruple expansion steam engine|quadruple expansion powered]] ship of the [[Holland America Line]]. In 1914, the ship brought almost 1,700 United States citizens back from Europe at the outbreak of [[World War I]]. In 1917 she took 2,300 Dutch seamen from the United States back to Holland. The ship was renovated in 1918 and overhauled in 1925 to a "cabin/tourist configuration". It became the first ship to bring immigrants to the large new Canadian immigration terminal [[Pier 21]] at [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], on March 28, 1928, and made 31 voyages to Pier 21 with Dutch immigrants before its retirement.<ref>[http://www.pier21.ca/research/immigration-records/ship-arrival-search "Ship Arrival Database", ''Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21'']</ref> The last transatlantic passenger trip was made from Rotterdam on October 2, 1931, for New York. ''Nieuw Amsterdam'' arrived in Japan in February 1932 where it was scrapped.<ref name="Great Ships" />


Revision as of 09:45, 30 August 2019

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Nieuw Amsterdam.
Nieuw Amsterdam
History
NameNieuw Amsterdam
OwnerHolland America Line
RouteRotterdam, New York
BuilderHarland and Wolff, Belfast, Ireland
Yard number366
Launched28 September 1905
Completed22 February 1906
Maiden voyage7 April 1906
FateScrapped February 1932
General characteristics
Tonnage16,913 GRT

SS Nieuw Amsterdam was a ship built in Belfast by Harland and Wolff. It was launched in 1905 and on April 7, 1906, made its first voyage to New York from Rotterdam.[1]

The music room

The Nieuw Amsterdam was fitted with sails, but they were never deployed; it was the first quadruple expansion powered ship of the Holland America Line. In 1914, the ship brought almost 1,700 United States citizens back from Europe at the outbreak of World War I. In 1917 she took 2,300 Dutch seamen from the United States back to Holland. The ship was renovated in 1918 and overhauled in 1925 to a "cabin/tourist configuration". It became the first ship to bring immigrants to the large new Canadian immigration terminal Pier 21 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 28, 1928, and made 31 voyages to Pier 21 with Dutch immigrants before its retirement.[2] The last transatlantic passenger trip was made from Rotterdam on October 2, 1931, for New York. Nieuw Amsterdam arrived in Japan in February 1932 where it was scrapped.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Nieuw Amsterdam. greatships.net. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Ship Arrival Database", Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
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