Nieuw Amsterdam (1906)

Builder:
Harland & Wolff Ltd.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1906
Launched:
September 28, 1905
Type:
Passenger
Completed:
February 22, 1906
Fate:
Scrapped at Osaka, Japan in 1932.


Owner
Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij
(Holland-America Line)
Rotterdam, Netherlands


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
615'
Engines:
2 Vertically inverted quadruple expansion
Beam:
68' 6"
Boilers:
7 cylindrical
Draft:
48' (depth)
Shafts:
2
Gross Tons:
16,967
HP:
5,200 @ 80 RPM
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
16 knots
Crew:
305
Funnels:
1
Passengers:
2,886
Masts:
4 (schooner rigged)


History
Apr. 7, 1906:
Maiden voyage Rotterdam - New York (arrived at New York Apr. 16).
Notes
Last modern liner built with auxiliary sails.


Builder's Data
Page published July 27, 2010