The fifth SS Rotterdam, known as "The Grande Dame", was launched by Queen Juliana in a gala ceremony on 13 September 1958, and completed the following summer. The Rotterdam was the last great Dutch "ship of state", employing the finest artisans from the Netherlands in her construction and fitting out process. Her career spanned forty-one years. She sailed from 1959 until her final retirement in September 2000.

On July 12, 2004, she arrived at Gibraltar for asbestos encapsulation and removal performed by the Cuddy Group of the UK. She next visited Cadiz where her hull was repainted its original Holland America grey, and then moved on to Poland and Germany for final restoration. She returned to the city of Rotterdam on August 8, 2008. She opened to the public on February 15, 2010 as a combination museum/hotel and school for vocational training. On 12 June 2013, she was sold to WestCord Hotels, which also owns the Hotel New York located in the former Holland America Line headquarters building in Rotterdam.

Tonnage:	38,645 gross tons
Displacement:	31,530 tons
Length:	228.0 m (748 ft)
Beam:	28.71 m (94.1 ft)
Height:	49.8 m (163.5 ft)
Draft:	9.04 m (29.6 ft)

You can visit her on the Snabbserver at "/warp Rotterdam"
Thanks to Thesuperbram for his help on the details for the decks etc, check his profile here.


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(The ship was build in 2 days, the only 2 days i had internet avaible 
this was my holiday project, i will be inactive for 2 more weeks from now on)

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