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Rotterdam, Maashaven,
Derde Katendrechtse Hoofd (NL) 12-09-2016
Ss Rotterdam
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Katendrecht, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Katendrecht, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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© 2015 Bart van Damme
SS Rotterdam is the 'Grande Dame' of Rotterdam. It is the biggest passenger ship ever built on Dutch soil and stands testimony to Dutch craftsmanship. SS Rotterdam is the former flagship of the Holland America Line; it sailed the seas from 1959 until its retirement in 2000.
This item can be found in the engine room, down below
put on the Flickr map as a mysterious place with no name :-)))
This ship is docked in the Maashaven, Katendrecht, Rotterdam
textures from me and Distessed
As a former flagship of the Holland-America Line and cruise ship, the ss Rotterdam has sailed many oceans. It is a steamship with oil fired boilers and steam turbines.
It is one of the most famous post-war Dutch passenger ships. It experienced the last decade of transatlantic liner shipping between 1959 and the end of 2000 and was a successful cruise ship thereafter. Since 4 August 2008, the ship has been a floating attraction (guided tours, hotel-café-restaurant) at the Derde Katendrechtse Hoofd in the Maashaven in Rotterdam.
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Maashaven, Foot ferry, Katendrecht, SS Rotterdam (slightly cut from all sides)
Shot on the little and free 'on-demand' foot ferry that connects Katendrecht with Charlois. In the BG is the SS Rotterdam - the ex HAL cruise liner turned into a recreational facility.
This is number 40 of the Ferries album and 277 of Rotterdam Harbour & industry,
ROTTERDAM - On 3 September 1959, ss Rotterdam was on its way to New York for the very first time. After that, La Grande Dame has spent more than 40 years sailing the seven seas as the former flagship of the Holland America Line. Today ss Rotterdam is permanently moored in Rotterdam.
Details of the SS Rotterdam. "The fifth SS Rotterdam, also known as "The Grande Dame", is a former ocean liner and cruise ship, and has been a hotel ship in Rotterdam, Netherlands, since 2010." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Rotterdam
In Explore November 23, 2025
Taxi bringing a passenger to the former cruiseship SS Rotterdam. Nowadays the SS Rotterdam is an hotel. Rotterdam, The Netherlands
This was maybe one of the last orders given by the bridge of steamship Rotterdam to the engine room: Dead Slow. Rotterdam, 2016.
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See web page ssrotterdam.com/discover-the-ship/history/?_ga=1.26223674...
An engine order telegraph or E.O.T., often also chadburn, is a communications device used on a ship (or submarine) for the pilot on the bridge to order engineers in the engine room to power the vessel at a certain desired speed. In early vessels, from the 19th century until about 1950, the device usually consisted of a round dial about nine inches (~20 centimetres) in diameter with a knob at the center attached to one or more handles, and an indicator pointer on the face of the dial. There would also be a revolutions per minute indicator, worked by a hand crank. Modern E.O.T.s on vessels which still use them use electronic light and sound signals.
Traditional E.O.T.s required a pilot wanting to change speed to "ring" the telegraph on the bridge, moving the handle to a different position on the dial. This would ring a bell in the engine room and move their pointer to the position on the dial selected by the bridge. The engineers hear the bell and move their handle to the same position to signal their acknowledgment of the order, and adjust the engine speed accordingly. Such an order is called a "bell," for example the order for a ship's maximum speed, flank speed, is called a "flank bell."
For urgent orders requiring rapid acceleration, the handle is moved three times so that the engine room bell is rung three times. This is called a "cavitate bell" because the rapid acceleration of the ship's propeller will cause the water around it to cavitate, causing a lot of noise and wear on the propellers. Such noise is undesirable during conflicts because it can give away a vessel's position.
Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Kop van Zuid, Katendrecht, SS Rotterdam, Gateway 2 (slightly cropped from L, R & T)
In the bottom half of the frame is the SS Rotterdam, a former transatlantic cruise liner of the HAL, now a floating hotel SS Rotterdam. It was built in 1958 by the RDM and is an icon of modernist ship design. Her history is here.
The 50s photos on the external gateways of the old liner (gateway number 2 is shown here) have been printed on its glass facade with a very coarse matrix for transparency, so there's some nice moiré to be discerned.
This is number 21 of the SS Rotterdam album, 211 of Urban frontiers and 943 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism.
I have been here before under less circumstances. As the weather forecast and therefore expected sunrise had all the right ingredients I went on a trip to Rotterdam. It was early in the morning and I'm not a morning person. There is something about the golden hour in the morning that makes it worth getting up this early. It's wintertime in the Netherlands, the mornings are freezing. Trying to setup your tripod and changing the camera setting while my hands are so cold, it hurts... But then slowly the light changes. You know you do not have a lot of time. During the creation of the pictures I totally forget how cold it is and the first reminder of the temperature is that first ray of warm sunlight on my face. This moment, when I just stand still and do nothing, makes the whole trip worth while.
See also:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Rotterdam
In the background you can see the SS Rotterdam, also known as "The Grande Dame", a former ocean liner and cruise ship. She was launched in 1958. The Rotterdam was the last great Dutch "ship of state". Her career spanned forty-one years. She sailed from 1959 until her final retirement in September 2000.
Explore - 17/05/2020
SS Rotterdam former ocean liner and cruise ship, now docked in the harbour of Rotterdam and used as hotel ship. On the background the Euromast and Maastunnel entry
Netherlands, Rotterdam, Katendrecht, SS Rotterdam, Entrance #2, Stairs (Urban Frontiers 74).
Best viewed: LARGE.
Europe The Netherlands, Zuid Hollnad, Rotterdam, Katendrecht, Maas, Riverscape, SS Rotterdam, Railing, Deck (uncut)
The ever-changing cityscape of Rotterdam as shot from the SS Rotterdam.
The story of this transformed HAL liner, built in Rotterdam in 1958, is here. It's permanently moored in Katendrecht as a hotel/conference ship now.
This is number 24 of the SS Rotterdam album.
The fifth SS Rotterdam, also known as "The Grande Dame", is a former ocean liner and cruise ship, and has been a hotel ship in Rotterdam, Netherlands since 2010. She was launched by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in a gala ceremony on 13 September 1958, and was 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.
Europe, netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Katendrecht, De Kaap, SS Rotterdam (slightly cut)
The SS Rotterdam, a former transatlantic cruise liner of the HAL, now a floating hotel SS Rotterdam/
It was built in 1958 by the RDM and is an icon of modernist ship design. Her history is here.
This is number 255 of the Zwart/Wit album.
ROTTERDAM - On 3 September 1959, ss Rotterdam was on its way to New York for the very first time. After that, La Grande Dame has spent more than 40 years sailing the seven seas as the former flagship of the Holland America Line. Today ss Rotterdam is permanently moored in Rotterdam.
Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam Zuid, Katendrecht, SS Rotterdam, Lido, Promenade deck (cut from B&T)
Aboard the SS Rotterdam, a few minutes before the rain came.
Shot from the promenade deck towards the Lido café and the decks above: first the upper promenade deck with the 'grand ballroom deck', above that, the boat deck with the 'grand ballroom balcony and on top the sun deck, the bridge deck and the twin slender smoke stacks.
The story of this transformed HAL liner, built in Rotterdam in 1958, is here. It's permanently moored in Katendrecht as a hotel/conference ship now.
This is number 23 of the SS Rotterdam album.
Het SS Rotterdam uit 1959 is het vijfde schip met die naam, in dienst van de Holland-Amerika Lijn (HAL). Tussen 1959 en 2000 werd "La Grande Dame" ingezet op de transatlantische lijnvaart en fungeerde daarna als cruiseschip. Sinds 2008 doet het dienst als hotel restaurant en ligt permanent aangemeerd in de Maashaven te Rotterdam. Hoewel ....., mogelijk is het 's nachts - verscholen in de mist - toch weer uitgevaren :-)
The fifth SS Rotterdam known as "The Grande Dame" was built in 1959 at Rotterdam and used until 2000 by the operators Holland America Line (HAL) and Premier Cruises. Since 2008 it serves as a hotel restaurant and is permanently moored at Rotterdam. Although ..... , hidden by the fog perhaps it sailed away in the night :-)
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