Holland America Liners 1950-2015
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Holland America Liners 1950-2015

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Holland America Liners 1950-2015

About this book

Founded in 1873, the Holland America Line provided services carrying passengers and freight between the Netherlands and North America. When the Second World War ended, only nine of Holland America Line's twenty-five ships had survived and the company set about rebuilding. The pride of HAL's post-war fleet was SS Rotterdam, completed in 1959, which was one of the first ships on the North Atlantic equipped to offer two-class transatlantic crossings and single-class luxury cruising. However, competition from the airlines meant that in the early 1970s Holland America ended their transatlantic passenger services; in 1973 the company sold its cargo-shipping division.Now owned by the American cruise line Carnival, Holland America offers round-the-world voyages and cruises in the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and Asia. In this book, renowned ocean liner historian and author William H. Miller takes a look at the Holland America Line and its post-war fleet up to 2015.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Foreword by Dirk van Husen
  4. Introduction
  5. Veteran Sisters: Veendam and Volendam
  6. The Darling of the Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam
  7. Club-Like Travel: Noordam and Westerdam
  8. North American West Coast Service
  9. Tulips, Cheeses and Beer: Freighters
  10. Economy Twins: Ryndam and Maasdam
  11. The Handsome Statendam
  12. On a Budget: Low-Fare Sailings to and from Europe
  13. Flying the Dutch Colours: Affiliate Passenger Ships
  14. Ship of State: Rotterdam
  15. Cruising Sisters: Veendam and Volendam
  16. Pacific Cruising: The Prinsendam
  17. New Sisters: Nieuw Amsterdam and Noordam
  18. Addition to the Fleet: Westerdam
  19. Statendam and Her Sisters
  20. New Flagship: Rotterdam
  21. Unique and Special: Another Prinsendam
  22. The Spotless Fleet: A New Generation
  23. Bigger and Bigger: Zuiderdam and the Vista Class
  24. Biggest of All: Koningsdam
  25. Bibliography