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Thanks to our volunteers the ss Rotterdam is dressed again. The ss Rotterdam staff has prepared the open decks for the summer season.

Yesterday we replaced the original painting by Martinus Schouman in the captain's dayroom on Bridge deck. In our newsitem of May 9 2022 we reported the return of the painting to the ss Rotterdam. In order of our foundation the painting has been restored by Marjan De...

During the last months of this year our team of volunteers has been very productive. The ropes of the derricks have been improved, the inventory of the original drawings is work in progress, the Christmas star has been prepared for placing between the smoke stacks and...

25 years ago, on September 30 1997, the ss Rotterdam ended her career of 38 years for Holland America Line (HAL). Her last voyage was from Vancouver to Fort Lauderdale. From december 1997 till September 2000 she sailed as ss Rembrandt for Premier Cruises. In 2008 she...

In July our volunteers finished two projects: the restoration of a locker with fire hose on C deck and the navigation lights on Boat deck. On the pictures you see our volunteers Ton Lenselink and Jan Tjassens Keiser restoring the firehose locker and Koos Sanderse...

Our volunteer Jan Fahner restored two wooden boxes on the bridge wings. The boxes were used to store nautical instuments. One of the boxes was found in a bad condition when the renovation of the ship was finished. Jan restored it and made a new second one.

Today Captain Victor Stoica of the ms Borealis handed over the original painting of Martinus Schouman to the chairman of our foundation. The painting came from the ss Rotterdam V where it decorated the captains dayroom since 1959. When the ss Rotterdam left the fleet...

The artwork Het Zonneschip (The Sunship) of the artist Willem Akkermans is an eye catcher in the Skyroom on Bridge deck of the ss Rotterdam. Through the years parts of the metal wires have disappeared. Our volunteers Henk Salij and Ton Lenselink have restored the...

In November 1984 Mr and Mrs George Wilde made a cruise in the Caribbean on the ss Rotterdam. They documented their cruise perfectly on a website that presents an extensive impression of life on board the ss Rotterdam in the eighties. We really appreciate all the work...

65 years go, on December 14 1956, the keel of the ss Rotterdam was laid at the Rotterdam Drydock Company. In fact the first two sections of the ship, then known as yard number 300, were placed on the slope.

Following the tradition our volunteers mounted the Christmas star between the smokestacks of the ss Rotterdam. Picture by Henk Salij Pictures by Jan Egberts

Our volunteers are up and coming on the ss Rotterdam. After working on the restoration of the wooden artwork in the Queens lounge they continued to arrange the original drawings of the ship and preparing the traditional Christmas star between the smoke stacks. An...