Noordam
Ship Number
338
Vessel Type
Passenger Ship
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
5
Launch Date
September 28, 1901
Delivered
March 29, 1902
Owner
Holland-America Line
Weight
12316 grt
BP Length
550 feet
Breadth
62 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
15 knots
Propulsion
Steam triple expansion constructed in Belfast
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Scrapped
Noordam

One funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 15 knots. There was accommodation for 286-1st, 292-2nd and 1,800-3rd class passengers.  She sailed from Rotterdam on her maiden voyage to New York on 1st May 1902.
 
On 17th October 1914 she was damaged by a mine in the North Sea, but repaired and resumed sailing on 26 March 1915.
 
On 3 August 1917 she was again damaged by a mine and was then laid up for the duration of the war. She resumed service between Rotterdam, Plymouth, Brest and New York on 9 March 1919, and commenced her last voyage between Rotterdam and New York on 24 January 1923. She then went to the Swedish America Line, who refitted her to carry 478-cabin class and 1,800-3rd class passengers and renamed her Kungsholm. On 15 March 1923 she started sailings between Gothenburg and New York, and on 7 November 1924 between Gothenburg, Halifax and New York.
 
On 6 October 1926 she went back to her previous name of Noordam and resumed sailing between Rotterdam and New York and in December of that year, became a third class passenger ship only.
 
She commenced her last voyage on this service on 16 April 1927, was then sold and scrapped at Hendrik Ido Ambacht in 1928.
 
[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3. p913.] 8.