The SS Nieuw Amsterdam (II) was 1938 the pride of the whole Netherlands and at her time the biggest passanger liner ever built in that country.
First called "The ship of peace", because she was built without any intention to ever use her as wartime transporter, she soon gained the nick name

"The Darling of the Dutch".

She wasn´t the biggest or the fastest liner at her time (only of medium size and speed compared to the superliners in the 30ies) but she was the most modern and economic. Often fairly booked and full with inovations like completely air conditioned puplic areas and private baths in most Cabin- and Tourist-Class cabins. She was beloved by the Dutch and prised by her passangers as a true ship of art and beauty.
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Special thanks goes to



CronosDarth for the nice render pictures.
GenerationGame, JStarHD and JoMiner for general help and support
CreeperCraftCity for the support with some Deck Map informations

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Please respect my creation and ask me for permission before you use this map for different or own projects,
you want to puplish somewhere else.
I put a lot of time, work and effort into it and don´t want that it get missused without proper credit to it.

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General Informations:

History
Netherlands
Name	Nieuw Amsterdam
Namesake	New Amsterdam (New York)
Owner	Holland American Line
Operator	Holland America Line
Port of registry	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Route	Rotterdam-New York
Ordered	1935
Builder	N.V. Rotterdam Drydock Company, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Cost	$950,000
Laid down	January 5, 1936
Launched	April 10, 1937
Christened	April 10, 1937
Completed	1938
Maiden voyage	May 10, 1938
In service	May 1938
Out of service	1973
Identification	IMO number: 5251719
Nickname(s)	Darling of the Dutch
Fate	Scrapped in 1974
Notes	Was one of the few successful ships after the jet airliner took over Transatlantic service.[citation needed]
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner/Cruise ship
Tonnage	36,287 gross register tons (36,667 tons after 1947 refit)
Length	758 feet (231.5 m)
Beam	88 feet (26.9 m)
Installed power	Six Schelde-Yarrow water tube boilers. Double reduction geared on super high pressure turbine and single reduction geared on high, intermediate and low pressure turbines; 17,000 shp each screw, 34,000 shp total[​2]
Propulsion	Twin screws
Speed	20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) on trials
Capacity	1,220: 556 First Class, 455 Second Class, 209 Third Class Wartime: 6,800 troops[​1]
Crew	700 Crew

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