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Blue sections in the Odyssee
In the Odyssee room we restored the blue sections on the forward bulkhead. On request of WestCord Hotels the original service tables will not return. The situation in 2004 Picture Klaas Krijnen Our volunteer Koos Sanderse is setting out the sections Picture Klaas...
Revival of the artwork in the Tropic bar
The Friends of steamship Rotterdam reconstructed the artwork in the Tropic bar. Our volunteer Jan Fahner is a real craftsman and has rebuilt the complete artwork. PPG Industries supported him free by analyzing the colors and by coating the doors of the closets. We are...
High tide and the sun
2019 started with rough weather. Tuesday January 8 the tide was very high. Visitors had to climb the gangways. Wednesday January 9 the ss Rotterdam lay peacefully in the sun. Pictures by Maarten Krijnen Pictures by Klaas Krijnen...
LEGO-models on board
Jeroen Struijs is an enthusiastic builder of LEGO-models. He created wonderful models of the ss Nieuw Amsterdam and the ss Rotterdam. It took about 4.000 pieces and 25 hours to create each model. Last Wednesday he gave them on loan to our foundation. They can be seen...
The artwork Arms of Rotterdam is shining again
Our volunteers cleaned the Arms of Rotterdam on B-deck thoroughly. After 60 years it looks like new. Picture by Jan-Willem Koene
ss Rembrandt in Rotterdam
Today 20 years ago the ss Rotterdam visited Rotterdam with the name ss Rembrandt. It was for the first time since she left Rotterdam on October 6 1971. pictures Klaas Krijnen
Celebration of the launch
On September 13 festivities took place on the ssRotterdam to celebrate that the ship was launched 60 years ago by Queen Juliana. Mrs. Agaath Reuchlin repeated the explanation her father, director of Holland America Line in those days, gave about the design of the ss...
Launch ss Rotterdam
On September 13 it was 60 years ago that Queen Juliana christened and launched the ss Rotterdam at the Rotterdam Drydock Company (RDM). picture RDM picture J.Groeneveld picture RDM picture J. Wijdenes picture J. Groeneveld picture J. Wijdenes
The ss Rotterdam during World Port days Rotterdam
picture made by Hans Hoffmann
# 300 at the end of August 1958
On August 29, two weeks before the launch, the construction of the ss Rotterdam was far advanced. The first picture shows the forward deck that is almost ready. Behind it the construction of the superstructure can be seen up to the Sundeck. The spare anchor is already...
Royal trials
During the official trials on August 20 1959 Queen Juliana hoisted the flag of the Holland America Line on the ss Rotterdam. With this symbolic act the ss Rotterdam was handed over by the Rotterdam Drydock Company to Holland America Line. With courtesy of Holland...
10 years ago the ss Rotterdam came home
On August 4 it is 10 years ago that the ss Rotterdam came back to her birthplace. She came from Wilhelmshaven where the ship was renovated during two years. Even so it took 18 months before the renovation was finished in Rotterdam. Picture: Klaas Krijnen