Passenger ship "The Grande Dame" along the quay (SS Rotterdam)

Passenger ship "The Grande Dame" along the quay, with the bow towards the end of the harbor, a place to never sail out again as often in the past.

 

Photo June 9, 2013, SS Rotterdam (1959) after 54 years in time.

 

 

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SS Rotterdam

SS Rotterdam (Est. 1959) - also known as "The Grande Dame", is a former ocean liner and cruise ship, and has been a hotel ship in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, since 2010. The ship, Length 228.0 m (748 ft), height 61 m (200.1 ft), 10 decks, speed 21.5 knots, capacity 1,456 passengers and 776 officers and crew, was launched by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in 1958. 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 and sailed from 1959 until her final retirement in September 2000.

 

Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Rotterdam.

 

 

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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.

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