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USS Rijndam ' s officers on deck, in port at Norfolk, Virginia In March 1919 Princess Matoika and Rijndam raced each other from Saint-Nazaire to Newport News. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Princess Matoika was the swifter ship, but Rijndam recruited volunteers from the 133rd Field Artillery Regiment aboard as extra stokers for her furnaces, and with their help ...
USS Rijndam (ID-2505), a Holland America Line passenger liner that was built in 1901 and scrapped in 1929. She was a United States Navy transport in World War I. SS Ryndam (1950) aka Rijndam was an ocean liner built for Holland America Line, launched in 1950, renamed Pride of Mississippi, then Pride of Galveston, and sunk in 2003.
SS Rijndam, also commonly spelt Ryndam, launched in 1901 and scrapped in 1929 SS Ryndam , launched in 1950 and sunk in 2003 List of ships with the same or similar names
Pages in category "World War I passenger ships" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. W. SS Westralia (1896)
SS Ryndam was an ocean liner built for Holland America Line in 1951. She was built by N.V. Dok en Werfmaatschappij Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam. She was christened by Mrs. C. Tjarda van Stakenborgh Stachouwer-Marburg (wife of the prewar Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies). [2]
World War I passenger ships (8 C, 1 P) S. World War I shipwrecks (17 C, 4 P) ... This list may not reflect recent changes. A. SS Ardmore (1909) N. HMS Newbury (1916)
Her passenger accommodation had berths for 286 first class, 292 second class and 1,800 third class passengers. [4] Her holds had capacity of 530,000 cubic feet (15,008 m 3) for grain or 488,000 cubic feet (13,819 m 3) for cargo in bales. [3] Noordam had twin screws, each driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine.
In the First World War the Imperial German Navy sank numerous neutral ships in error, including two Dutch passenger liners. A German mine sank Holland America Line's Rijndam on 18 January 1916, [6] and a u-boat sank Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd's Tubantia by torpedo on 16 March 1916. [7]