SS Noordam (1902)
{{short description|Dutch ocean liner built in Ireland & chartered to Sweden}}
{{other ships|List of ships named Noordam|List of ships named Kungsholm}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= SS Noordam 1903.jpg |Ship caption= Noordam picking up a pilot in 1903. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= |Ship flag= |Ship name= *1902: Noordam
|Ship namesake= |Ship owner= Holland America Line |Ship operator= *1923–25: Rederi AB Sverige-Nordamerika |Ship registry= *1902: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Rotterdam
|Ship route= *1902: Rotterdam – New York
|Ship ordered= |Ship builder= Harland & Wolff, Belfast |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= 338 |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 28 September 1901 |Ship completed= 29 March 1902 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship honours= |Ship maiden voyage= 1 May 1902 |Ship refit= 1923 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification= *1902: code letters PMVL
|Ship fate= Scrapped 1928–29 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type= ocean liner |Ship tonnage= {{GRT|12531}}, {{NRT|7978}}, {{DWT|12339}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length= *{{cvt|170.9|m|1|disp=flip|abbr=on}} overall
|Ship beam= {{cvt|62.3|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= {{cvt|32|ft|1|in|abbr=on|2}} |Ship depth= {{cvt|26.2|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship decks= 3 |Ship power= 1,265 NHP, 7,600 ihp |Ship propulsion= *2 × screws |Ship speed= {{convert|15|kn|km/h}} |Ship capacity= *passengers:
|Ship crew= |Ship armament= |Ship sensors= by 1911: submarine signalling |Ship notes= sister ships: {{SS|Potsdam|1899|2}}, {{USS|Rijndam | 2}}
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SS Noordam was a steam ocean liner that was launched in Ireland in 1901 and scrapped in the Netherlands in 1928–29. Holland America Line owned her throughout her career. From 1923 to 1924 Rederi AB Sverige-Nordamerika chartered her and renamed her Kungsholm.
She was the first of four Holland America Line ships to be called Noordam, and the first of four Swedish liners to be called Kungsholm.
Building
At the turn of the 20th century, Holland America Line's flagship was {{SS|Potsdam|1899|2}}, launched by Blohm+Voss in 1899 and completed in 1900. In 1901 and 1902 Harland & Wolff in Belfast built a pair of sister ships for her. {{USS|Rijndam||2}} was launched in May 1901 and completed that October.{{cite web |url= http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=336 |title=Rijndam |work=Harland & Wolff The Yard |access-date=15 May 2023}} Noordam was built on slipway number 5 as yard number 338, launched on 28 September 1901 and completed on 29 March 1902.{{cite web |url= http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=338 |title=Noordam |work=Harland & Wolff The Yard |access-date=14 May 2023}}
Noordam{{'}}s length overall was {{cvt|170.9|m|1|disp=flip|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url= https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=4701 |title=Noordam – ID 4701 |work=Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank |language=nl |access-date=14 May 2023}} and her registered length was {{cvt|550.3|ft|abbr=on}}. Her beam was {{cvt|62.3|ft|abbr=on}} and her depth was {{cvt|26.2|ft|abbr=on}}.{{sfn|Lloyd's Register 1903|loc=NIV–NOR}} Her tonnages were {{GRT|12531}}, {{NRT|7978}} and {{DWT|12339}}. Her passenger accommodation had berths for 286 first class, 292 second class and 1,800 third class passengers.{{sfn|Lloyd's Register 1903|loc=NIV–NOR}} Her holds had capacity of {{convert|530000|cuft|0}} for grain or {{convert|488000|cuft|0}} for cargo in bales.
Noordam had twin screws, each driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine. The combined power of her twin engines was rated at 1,265 NHP{{sfn|Lloyd's Register 1903|loc=NIV–NOR}} or 7,600 ihp, and gave her a speed of {{convert|15|kn|km/h}}.
Holland America Line registered Noordam at Rotterdam. Her Dutch code letters were PMVL.{{sfn|Lloyd's Register 1903|loc=NIV–NOR}}
Career
The regular route of Potsdam, Rijndam and Noordam was between Rotterdam and New York via Boulogne.{{sfn|Dowling|1909|p=321}} Noordam left Rotterdam on her maiden voyage on the route on 1 May 1902.
By 1910 Noordam was equipped for submarine signalling, and the Marconi Company had equipped her for wireless telegraphy.{{sfn|Lloyd's Register 1910|loc=NON–NOR}} By 1913 her wireless telegraph call sign was MHA,{{sfn|The Marconi Press Agency Ltd|1913|p=270}} but by 1914 it had been changed to PAI.{{sfn|The Marconi Press Agency Ltd|1914|p=415}}
On 24 November 1911, in fog the English Channel off the Isle of Wight, the schooner Alida collided with Noordam. Alida suffered only a broken bowsprit, and both ships continued their voyages.
At 11:40 hrs on 14 April 1912, Noordam{{'}}s Marconi wireless telegraphist transmitted a warning of sea ice. The Cunard Liner {{RMS|Caronia|1904|6}} relayed the message to RMS Titanic.{{cite web |url= https://www.titanicinquiry.org/ships/noordam.php |title=Noordam |work=Titanic Inquiry Project |access-date=14 May 2023}} Titanic replied that she "had experienced moderate, variable weather".{{cite encyclopedia |url= https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/who-talked-to-titanic.html |title=Who talked to Titanic? |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Titanica |date=11 March 2010 |access-date=14 May 2023 |last1=Molony |first1=Senan }}
File:Peace Delegates on NOORDAM 18848v.jpg. They include Jane Addams and Annie E. Molloy.]]
On 17 October 1914 Noordam was returning from New York to Rotterdam. She had passed The Downs and was about {{convert|80|nmi|km}} off the Hook of Holland when she struck a British mine. Her stern was badly damaged, but she reached the Nieuwe Waterweg safely.
On 3 March 1916 the British collier Swiftsure collided with Noordam off Dover. Swiftsure{{'}}s bow was bent and her forepeak was flooded, but she reached Dover safely.
File:Ford Party on NOORDAM LCCN2014700867.jpg aboard Noordam in 1916]]
On 3 August 1917 Noordam was en route from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Rotterdam when she struck a mine in the North Sea off Terschellingbank. Her 237 passengers were transferred to the tugs Thames and Samson.
In March 1923 Rederi AB Sverige-Nordamerika bareboat chartered Noordam, renamed her Kungsholm and registered her in Gothenburg.{{sfn|Lloyd's Register 1923|loc=KUM–KUO}} She was refitted as a two-class ship, replacing her first and second class accommodation with berths for 478 cabin class passengers. In December 1924 Kungsholm was returned to her owners, who restored her original name.
In December 1925 Noordam was laid up in Rotterdam. She returned to service on 6 October 1926. From December 1926 she carried only third class passengers. She began her last voyage from Rotterdam to New York on 16 April 1927.
In May 1928 Holland America Line sold Noordam for scrap to NV Frank Rijsdijkʼs Industriëele Ondernemingen, who started demolishing her in Rotterdam. In June 1928 she was towed to Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, where her breaking continued, and was completed in the final quarter of 1929.
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Dowling |first=R |orig-date=1903 |year=1909 |edition=3rd |title=All About Ships & Shipping |place=London |publisher=Alexander Moring Ltd}}
- {{cite book |year=1903 |title=Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping |volume=I.–Steamers |place=London |publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |via=Internet Archive |url= https://archive.org/details/HECROS1904ST/page/n594/mode/1up |ref={{harvid|Lloyd's Register 1903}} }}
- {{cite book |year=1910 |title=Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping |volume=I.–Steamers |place=London |publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |via=Internet Archive |url= https://archive.org/details/HECROS1911ST/page/n746/mode/1up |ref={{harvid|Lloyd's Register 1910}} }}
- {{cite book |year=1923 |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |volume=II.–Steamers and Motor Vessels |place=London |publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |via=Internet Archive |url= https://archive.org/details/HECROS1924ST/page/n652/mode/1up |ref={{harvid|Lloyd's Register 1923}} }}
- {{cite book |author=The Marconi Press Agency Ltd |author-link=Marconi Company |year=1913 |title=The Year Book of Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony |place=London |publisher=The St Katherine Press}}
- {{cite book |author=The Marconi Press Agency Ltd |author-link=Marconi Company |year=1914 |title=The Year Book of Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony |place=London |publisher=The Marconi Press Agency Ltd}}
External links
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Category:Passenger ships of the Netherlands
Category:Ships built in Belfast
Category:Ships built by Harland and Wolff
Category:Ships of the Holland America Line
Category:Ships of Swedish American Line