MS Rotterdam
Rotterdam in the Netherlands, July 2006
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| History | |
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| Name: | Rotterdam |
| Owner: | Holland America Tours |
| Operator: | Holland America Line |
| Port of registry: |
Rotterdam,  Netherlands
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| Builder: | Fincantieri, in Trieste, Italy |
| Yard number: | 5980 |
| Launched: | 21 December 1996 |
| Completed: | 1997 |
| Maiden voyage: | 11 November 1997 |
| In service: | 11 November 1997 |
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| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Rotterdam-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 61,849 GT |
| Length: | 780 ft (238 m) |
| Beam: | 105.8 ft (32 m) |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Capacity: | 1,404 passengers |
| Crew: | 600 |
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MS Rotterdam is a Rotterdam-class cruise ship, the sixth Holland America Line vessel to bear the name, and is one of the two Atlantic flagships of the fleet. Built in Italy in 1997, Rotterdam features fine art and antiques, an internet center, and a spa and fitness center. She is named for SS Rotterdam of 1959, and also named after the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands. MS Rotterdam and her sister ship MS Amsterdam are loosely based on the original ship. Amsterdam and Rotterdam are co-flagships of Holland America Line (HAL).
Rotterdam carries an art collection onboard worth over US$2 million.
During the summer of 2011, Rotterdam conducted Holland America Line's first standalone transatlantic crossing since 1971, making a single trip both eastbound and westbound. In the Fall of 2014, Rotterdam circumnavigated South Africa for 88 days. From Nov. 12 to Dec. 20, 2014, the last segment of the cruise went from Cape Town, South Africa to Southampton, England. The ports of call were: Cape Town, Lüderitz and Walvis Bay in Namibia, Luanda in Angola, two islands in Cape Verde, three islands in the Canary Islands, Agadir, Casablanca and Tangier in Morocco, then on to Cádiz and Vigo in Spain, and Lisbon, Portugal.
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