![]() Rotterdam III came along in 1897 and was with the company until 1906. and purchased by Holland America Line in 1886. Rotterdam II was built in 1878 for British Ship Owners Co. 15, 1872, and led to the founding of the company on April 18, 1873. Holland America Line’s first ship was Rotterdam, which sailed its maiden voyage from Netherlands to New York on Oct. Carrying 1,404 guests, it is the sixth Holland American Line ship to be named Rotterdam. The first ship in the R Class, the 61,849 ton Rotterdam being replaced was introduced in 1997. “And we know she’s going to bring a lot of joy to our guests as she travels across the globe.” “Seven is a lucky number,” Antorcha said. The new vessel will be the seventh ship to bear the historic name. With the current Rotterdam leaving the company and transferring to an undisclosed buyer, Antorcha said “we knew we had a unique opportunity to embrace the name as our new flagship and carry on the tradition of having a Rotterdam in our fleet.” “The company was headquartered in the city of Rotterdam for many years, and the name has been a hallmark throughout our history since 1872 so clearly the name is powerful and symbolic.” “The first ship for Holland America Line was the original Rotterdam,” Gus Antorcha, Holland America Line’s president, said in a news release. The ship will spend the summer exploring Northern Europe and the Baltic on roundtrip cruises from Amsterdam. The Rotterdam is expected to be delivered from Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Italy on July 30, 2021. The new cruise ship will be named the Rotterdam and will be the new flagship for the Holland America fleet. Holland America Line’s new flagship pays homage to an historic vessel.
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