Holland America Line N.V. (HAL) is an American-owned cruise line , a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc headquartered in Seattle , Washington , United States.
54-439: SS Ryndam may refer to two Holland America Line passenger ships: SS Rijndam , also commonly spelt Ryndam , launched in 1901 and scrapped in 1929 SS Ryndam , launched in 1950 and sunk in 2003 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] List of ships with the same or similar names This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for
108-692: A US –owned cruise line headquartered in Seattle , Washington , United States. In the summer of 2011, Rotterdam did two transatlantic crossings, the first traditional transatlantic runs made by the line in more than 40 years. Beginning in September 2012, Rotterdam was based year-round out of Rotterdam , sailing to Europe, the Caribbean, as well as Asia, before returning to more varied itineraries and home ports by 2016. Amsterdam makes annual "Grand Voyages" lasting more than 60 days, including
162-577: A grand circle of the Pacific Ocean each fall and a World Voyage sailing around the world, usually ranging from January to April/May. The line currently operates four different classes of ship: the R class, the Vista class , the Signature class , and the newest and largest Pinnacle class. All HAL ships have a dark blue hull with white superstructure, with the company's logo featured prominently on
216-578: A merger with Roosevelt Steamship Company, as the United States Lines , which itself went bankrupt in 1986. A proposed subsidy bill in the United States Congress failed, which became widely apparent by April 1902 and the company thus was never truly successful. Beginning in the 1920s, the company underwent a series of corporate acquisitions and mergers, which resulted in its becoming the United States Lines in 1943. As
270-583: A mine in the Baltic, and a week later was badly damaged in an air raid. After the war, HAL took part in transporting a great wave of immigrants from the Netherlands to Canada and elsewhere. Its Rotterdam – Hoboken route continued to serve Southampton, but by 1948 the port of Boulogne was still not in a condition to resume handling large ocean liners. Instead, from February 1948 Nieuw Amsterdam started calling at Le Havre as well as Southampton. At first she
324-502: A route between Rotterdam and Tampico in Mexico. On westbound voyages, their ports of call were Antwerp , Boulogne , Bilbao , Santander , Gijón , A Coruña , Vigo , Havana and Vera Cruz . On eastbound voyages, they called at Vera Cruz, New Orleans , Havana, A Coruña and Santander. In 1922 H&W launched two larger passenger liners for HAL's Rotterdam – Hoboken route: the 15,000 GRT Volendam and Veendam . By 1925
378-476: A specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Ryndam&oldid=1154950985 " Categories : Set index articles on ships Ship names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata All set index articles Holland America Line Holland America Line
432-588: A troop ship. The Dutch government-in-exile requisitioned Westernland , berthed at Falmouth, Cornwall . She became an accommodation ship for the Royal Netherlands Navy , and was later sold to the UK Admiralty . By October 1940 Nieuw Amsterdam had also become an Allied troop ship. She sailed half a million miles and carried 400,000 military personnel. Nearly 200 people were killed in wartime sinkings of HAL ships. The biggest loss of life
486-804: The Baltic , where the Luftwaffe used her for target practice until she sank in April 1942. German forces scuttled Dinteldijk as a blockship in 1944. By 27 May, Germany had occupied the whole of the Netherlands. By 7 June, the Dutch government-in-exile and the UK government had formed a British-Netherlands shipping committee in London, and NASM announced that it would charter to the UK government all of its transatlantic ships except Nieuw Amsterdam . Pennland became
540-571: The Caribbean . In 1920 van der Giessen & Zonen in Krimpen aan den IJssel launched Burgerdijk , which was HAL's first steam turbine cargo ship. She was the first of eight 6,850 GRT sister ships, all with a name beginning with "B", built between 1920 and 1922. In 1922 and 1923 Scheepsbouw-Maatschappij 'Nieuwe Waterweg' in Scheidam launched a pair of larger turbine cargo ships for HAL,
594-765: The International Navigation Company , was a trust formed in the early twentieth century as an attempt by J.P. Morgan to monopolize the shipping trade. IMM was founded by shipping magnates Clement Griscom of the American Line and Red Star Line , Bernard N. Baker of the Atlantic Transport Line , J. Bruce Ismay of the White Star Line , and John Ellerman of the Leyland Line . The Dominion Line
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#1732798313910648-729: The Maasdam and Veendam transferring to one company in August 2020, while the Amsterdam and Rotterdam moved to another company in fall 2020. One pair went to a new cruise brand and the other to an existing brand. Most cruise lines suspended their sailings because of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. As of January 6, 2021, all Holland America sailings were cancelled to at least April 30, 2021, according to an industry news item. That report listed no specific sailings for Holland America prior to
702-559: The Panama Pacific Line was dissolved in 1938 and its ships divested, and American Merchant Line was merged into United States Lines in 1938. Finally, the Roosevelt Line was merged into United States Lines in 1940, leaving that company as RIMM's only remaining business. RIMM changed its name to United States Lines Inc. in 1943, recasting itself as a smaller company focused exclusively on transatlantic routes under
756-631: The 10,200 GRT Delftdijk and Damsterdijk . These were cargo liners , with berths for 50 first class passengers. By 1930 HAL was operating routes between Rotterdam and the British Columbia Coast via London , Panama Canal and West Coast of the United States . By 1937 HAL worked these routes jointly with Royal Mail Lines . This was mainly a refrigerated cargo service, but the ships carried some passengers. Damsterdijk , Delftdijk , Dinteldijk and Drechtdijk shared
810-510: The 1915–16 receivership, Sanderson was succeeded as president by Franklin, who had been the receiver. However, the sinking of the Titanic did not bring about the end of the IMM. Although theoretically powerful due to its continued influence with some of the top American, British, and German shipping companies, the overseeing company never managed to overcome its own financial problems, nor dominate
864-568: The 36,287 GRT Nieuw Amsterdam , was launched in 1937 and entered service in 1938. In 1939 HAL bought the former Red Star liners Westernland and Pennland , a pair of 16,000 GRT sister ships that Nazi Germany had forced the Jewish shipping magnate Arnold Bernstein to forfeit. In the Second World War , HAL lost five passenger ships and eight cargo ships: a total of more than 140,000 GRT . Three were while
918-471: The 8,350 GRT Gaasterdijk and Grootendijk . However, HAL sold both ships in 1931. In 1921 and 1922 H&W launched the 9,350 GRT Dinteldijk and Drechtdijk , which were HAL's first motor ships . They were refrigerated cargo ships, and they also had berths for 18 or 19 first class passengers. In 1929 and 1930 Wilton's in Schiedam launched two more motor ships for refrigerated cargo,
972-689: The Atlantic Transport Line joined INC. Subsequently, Baker, J. P. Morgan, and Simon Bettle Jr. (representative of the INC) negotiated with Ellerman, this time with a view to redeem his property. There would be two companies that would join the trust. The name of one of them was revealed in April 1901: the Leyland Line. The second turned out to be the prestigious White Star Line, bought by Morgan's team, after long negotiations, in April 1902. On 1 October 1902, JP Morgan & Co. announced
1026-600: The First World War the Netherlands were neutral , but numerous Dutch merchant ships were sunk. HAL lost five cargo ships, totalling more than 30,000 GRT . In 1915 two German mines sank Eemdijk , and in 1916 U-53 stopped and sank Blommersdijk . On 22 February 1917 U-21 sank an entire Dutch convoy, including the HAL ships Noorderdijk and Zaandijk . After the First World War began, Dutch capitalists bought HAPAG and NDL's shares in HAL. In December 1917,
1080-564: The French shipping line Compagnie Générale Maritime . HAL ceased operating as a Dutch line in 1989, when Carnival bought it for 1.2 billion guilders (€530 million). The proceeds were put into an investment company (HAL Investments), the majority of which is owned by the van der Vorm family. HAL ships sold, scrapped or lost before Carnival took over. In 1989, the Holland America Line was bought by Carnival Corp , thus becoming
1134-524: The IMM carried 64,738 passengers, a total buoyed by high immigration to the United States. The IMM had signed a partnership with the two most important German shipping companies, Norddeutscher Lloyd and HAPAG, which carried a total of 66,838 passengers. The German-Morgan agreement, signed in New York on 20 February 1902, was a key step in the formation of what was to become the IMM, but did not fully address long-standing competitive friction between and amongst
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#17327983139101188-497: The IMM group came in 1908 when Harland & Wolff was authorized to build the White Star Line's Olympic class ocean liner trio: RMS Olympic , RMS Titanic , and HMHS Britannic . Since 1902, IMM had an agreement with James Pirrie, chairman of Harland & Wolff and member of the management of the White Star Line, stating that the vessels of the company will be built by Harland & Wolff for all
1242-540: The Netherlands were still neutral. Mines sank Binnendijk and Spaarndam in October and November 1939, and U-48 sank Burgerdijk in February 1940. On 10 May Germany invaded the Netherlands . A number of HAL ships were burnt out in the battle for Rotterdam, including the liner Statendam and cargo ships Boschdijk and Dinteldijk . Statendam was scrapped three months later. German forces towed Boschdijk to
1296-498: The Rotterdam – Hoboken route included calls at Southampton and Halifax , Nova Scotia on westbound crossings only, and Plymouth , Devon on eastbound crossings only, as well as serving Boulogne in both directions. The third Statendam , built to replace Justicia , was also a turbine steamship, but building her took eight years. H&W laid her down in 1921 and launched her in 1924, but then stopped work because HAL lacked
1350-496: The White Star Line, which owned the RMS Titanic . Analysis of financial records shows that IMM was overleveraged and suffered from inadequate cash flow that caused it to default on bond interest payments in late 1914. As a result, a "friendly" receivership was put in effect in 1915, which allowed IMM to reorganize its finances; it emerged from the receivership in 1916. Saved by World War I , IMM eventually re-emerged, after
1404-598: The bulk of the North Atlantic shipping trade, and was therefore not as successful as expected. The company went into receivership in 1915 and was placed in the hands of Franklin, who managed to save it. In the late 1920s, he received grants from the government to American ships (built in the United States or flying the flag) and in 1926 it sold the White Star Line to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company for £7 million, of which £2.35 million
1458-804: The cargo-carrying Leyland Line, who had tried unsuccessfully to take possession of the Cunard Line and HAPAG, two powerful European companies. Negotiations between Baker and Ellerman, advanced but ultimately fell through. Meanwhile, J. P. Morgan had already concluded agreements with Clement Griscom , president of the International Navigation Company, which operated the Red Star Line and the American Line. Finally, in December 1900, after six months of negotiations,
1512-621: The company carried 400,000 people from Europe to the Americas. Other North American ports were added during the early 20th century. Harland & Wolff in Belfast launched the third Rotterdam (1897) . She was the first HAL ship built by H&W. H&W next launched Statendam (1898) : the first HAL ship of that name, and the first HAL ship of more than 10,000 GRT . In 1899 Blohm+Voss in Hamburg launched Potsdam , which
1566-542: The company. Baker retired from the direction of the Atlantic Transport Line shortly after its integration with the IMM, and was replaced by Philip Franklin . He later became vice president of IMM, while Griscom was replaced as president by Joseph Bruce Ismay in 1904 (who was also president of the White Star Line). The early 1910s marked a turning point for the IMM. Indeed, on 15 April 1912, the Titanic , flagship of its fleet, sank during her maiden voyage . Besides
1620-540: The fact that IMM had formed a cartel with Albert Ballin 's Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) and Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL), and wanted to buy HAL to control passenger and cargo rates across the North Atlantic. HAL continued to order ever larger ships from H&W. Nieuw Amsterdam (1905) was 600 feet (180 m) long and 16,967 GRT . The fourth Rotterdam (1908) was 650 feet (200 m) long and 24,149 GRT . In 1895 HAL offered its first cruise . Its second cruise, from New York to Palestine ,
1674-483: The financial and human losses, the sinking had repercussions on the organization of the trust. Through the American commission of inquiry devoted to the sinking, Senator William Alden Smith openly attacked the very principle of the company and Morgan. As had been arranged before Titanic sank, J. Bruce Ismay retired as president of IMM in 1913 and was succeeded by Harold Sanderson Morgan died on 31 March 1913. After
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1728-420: The financially troubled United States Lines and began consolidating its operations under that brand. The Atlantic Transport Line was dissolved in late 1931 and its ships were distributed throughout RIMM's remaining divisions. The American Line was merged into United States Lines in 1932, the Red Star Line was sold to Arnold Bernstein in 1934, Baltimore Mail Line merged into United States Lines in 1937,
1782-605: The first week of June 2021. In October 2023, Holland America announced that it was about halfway through converting its fleet Wi-Fi to Starlink . The cruise line also announced that it expected to have Starlink fully operational across its entire fleet by mid-December 2023. With the move, Holland America joined its sister-brands in Carnival Corporation & plc , including Princess Cruises and Cunard Line . International Mercantile Marine Company The International Mercantile Marine Company , originally
1836-559: The founding of the International Mercantile Marine Company, more commonly called IMM. (Constituent elements of IMM, including INC (chartered in 1871), had however been operating for many years already.) IMM was incorporated in New Jersey . Morgan's role evolved over the years. Being American, he could not directly own British ships, but he could own the company that owned the ships. In 1902,
1890-484: The functional smoke stacks. Holland America also owns the following: On October 26, 2012, it was announced that a memorandum of agreement had been signed with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the construction of a 2,660-passenger ship for Holland America Line scheduled for delivery in spring 2016. Koningsdam , which became a new class of ship for the line (The Pinnacle Class), and the first new Holland America ship since Nieuw Amsterdam , delivered in 2010. Also noted
1944-607: The funds to pay for her to be completed. In 1927 the Dutch government gave HAL a loan to get the ship towed to the Netherlands and completed at Wilton's Dok- en Werf Maatschappij in Schiedam . She was completed in 1929, on the eve of the Great Depression , but proved economical to run. She was HAL's flagship on the transatlantic run for most of the 1930s. Statendam also gave annual winter cruises from New York, usually to
1998-516: The late 1960s, the golden era of transatlantic passenger ships had been ended by the introduction of transatlantic jet air travel. HAL ended transatlantic service in the early 1970s. In 1973, it sold its cargo shipping division, which continued to operate freight liner services with cargo ships, a Lighter aboard ship ('LASH' ship, MV Bilderdyk ) and then container ships under the trade name Incotrans, with headquarters in Rotterdam, with some of its North American services operated in partnership with
2052-651: The major German and British transatlantic shipping companies. Responses in the United Kingdom helped intensify these rivalries. Cunard Line, one of the British shipping companies with independent significance, received grants from the British government for the construction of two great ocean liners, the Lusitania and the Mauretania , which were placed into service in late 1907. The competitive response from
2106-587: The route with RML's refrigerated cargo ships Lochmonar , Lochkatrine and Lochgoil . As well as London, they were scheduled to call at various other ports in Britain, the Caribbean, California, Oregon , Washington and British Columbia, terminating at Vancouver . On westbound voyages Damsterdijk , Delftdijk and Lochmonar also served Guayaquil in Ecuador , whereas Dinteldijk , Drechtdijk , Lochkatrine and Lochgoil served Bermuda . A new HAL flagship,
2160-464: The same Dutch interests paid $ 3.5 million for half of IMM's shares in HAL. This amounted to about $ 800 per share, which was far more than IMM had paid for them in 1902. In 1916, IMM had received a dividend of 50 percent on its HAL shareholding. In March 1918 President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation seizing under angary 89 Dutch merchant ships in US ports. They included the HAL liner Rijndam , which
2214-524: The shipping industry prospered in the late 19th century, some sought to create a trust that would monopolize U.S. shipping companies. However, all negotiations in this regard in the 1890s fell short. The intervention of John Pierpont Morgan, one of the richest men in the world, would change that. The Atlantic Transport Line, owned by Bernard N. Baker and having both passenger and cargo ships, competed intensely with British and other shipping companies. Baker tried to sell his company to John Ellerman, chairman of
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2268-603: The time. Ships of the company were also shifting from one company to another, like the Belgic , built for the White Star Line, which was transferred to the service of the Red Star Line under the name SS Belgenland (1914) , or the Regina became the Westernland . This allowed the IMM to schedule a ship each day from the United Kingdom, and passengers to change their tickets to a position equivalent to another vessel of
2322-435: Was 550 feet (170 m) long and 12,606 GRT . H&W built two sister ships for Potsdam : Rijndam (1901) and Noordam (1902) . In 1902 William Pirrie , Chairman of H&W, negotiated to buy 51 percent of HAL's share capital. Pirrie was acting on behalf of J. P. Morgan 's International Mercantile Marine Company (IMM), which already owned HAL's Belgian competitor Red Star Line . Pirrie did not disclose
2376-402: Was a holding company that controlled subsidiary corporations that had their own subsidiaries. Morgan hoped to dominate transatlantic shipping through interlocking directorates and contractual arrangements with the railroads, but that proved impossible because of the nature of sea transport, American antitrust legislation, and an agreement with the British government. One of IMM's subsidiaries was
2430-661: Was also amalgamated. The project was bankrolled by J.P. Morgan & Co. , led by financier J. P. Morgan . The company also had working profit-sharing relationships with the German Hamburg-Amerika and the North German Lloyd lines. The trust caused great concern in the British shipping industry and led directly to the British government's subsidy of the Cunard Line 's new ships RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania in an effort to compete. IMM
2484-498: Was converted into a US troopship, and eight HAL cargo ships. One of these, Oosterdijk , was sunk in a collision while being used by the United States Navy . The United States Shipping Board returned Rijndam and the surviving cargo ships to HAL in the course of 1919. In 1921–22 HAL introduced its first steam turbine passenger liners: the 8,800 GRT Maasdam , Edam , Leerdam and Spaarndam . They served
2538-527: Was founded in Rotterdam , Netherlands, and from 1873 to 1989, it operated as a Dutch shipping line, a passenger line, a cargo line and a cruise line operating primarily between the Netherlands and North America. As part of the company's legacy, it was directly involved in the transport of many hundreds of thousands of emigrants from the Netherlands to North America. Holland America has been a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation since 1989. Holland America Line
2592-573: Was founded in 1873, as the Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij (Dutch-American Steamship Company), in short Holland-Amerika Lijn , a shipping and passenger line. It was headquartered in Rotterdam, in the building which is now the Hotel New York . The company was formed as a result of the reorganization of an earlier company, Plate, Reuchlin & Co. The company's first ship
2646-678: Was in November 1942, when U-174 sank the cargo-passenger ship Zaandam . 135 of her passengers and crew were killed. 39 people were killed in January 1941, when a mine sank the cargo ship Beemsterdijk . In October 1940 U-38 sank Bilderdijk . In 1941 U-564 sank the cargo-passenger liner Maasdam , and an air attack in German invasion of Greece sank the troopship Pennland . In September 1942, U-34 sank Breedijk . In 1940 German forces requisitioned Drechtdijk . In 1945 she hit
2700-546: Was offered in 1910. In July 1914 H&W launched a new Statendam that was 740 feet (230 m) and 32,120 GRT . However, a month later, the First World War started, and in 1915 the UK government requisitioned the new ship in H&;W's shipyard and had her completed as the troopship Justicia . A U-boat sank her in 1918, and HAL accepted the UK government's offer of 60,000 tons of steel as compensation. In
2754-622: Was still unpaid when the Royal Mail Group, which was overleveraged and undercapitalized, collapsed in the early 1930s. In 1930, IMM possessed 30 vessels. There were 19 in 1933 and only 11 by 1935. The ailing company merged with the Roosevelt Steamship Company , parent company of the Roosevelt Line , in 1931 to form Roosevelt International Mercantile Marine Company (RIMM). Later in 1931, RIMM acquired
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#17327983139102808-649: Was that the addition of new ships would maintain passenger capacity if some of the older Carnival Corporation ships are sold. The Holland America Group of HAL and Princess Cruises have a letter of understanding to buy the White Pass and Yukon Route between Skagway, Alaska and the US-Canadian border. The purchase closed July 31, 2018. On July 15, 2020, it was announced by Holland America that Maasdam , Veendam , Rotterdam , and Amsterdam were sold to two undisclosed buyers. The ships were sold in pairs, with
2862-509: Was the only HAL ship to do so. Veendam made intermediate calls at Southampton only, and Noordam and Westerdam ran direct between Rotterdam and Hoboken. By 1959 HAL ships were calling also at Cobh , and running a service to Quebec and Montreal . By 1963 they also served Bremerhaven . A notable ship in the post-war era was the fifth Rotterdam , launched in 1959. She was one of the first North Atlantic ships equipped for two-class transatlantic crossing and one-class luxury cruising. By
2916-673: Was the original Rotterdam (1872) , which sailed its 15-day maiden voyage from the Netherlands to New York City on October 15, 1872. Cargo service to New York started in 1909. HAL's main route was between Rotterdam and New York . Its "New York" terminal was in fact in Hoboken, New Jersey , on the opposite side of the Hudson River from New York City. By 1892, HAL ships sailing between Rotterdam and Hoboken were scheduled to call en route at Boulogne in France . In its first 25 years,
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