Liner was built by Rotterdam Dry-dock Co for Holland-America Line; two distinguishing features are use of tall smokestacks in place of funnels, and horizontal arrangement of accommodation which segregates first and tourist classes without confining either to one section of ship; length oa 748 ft, breadth molded 94 ft, load draft 29 ft 6 in., gross 38,650 tons: two sets of De Schelde/Parsons steam turbines have output of 35,000 shp. (See also Mar Eng v 64 n 11 Oct 1959 p 80-3; Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 66 n 620 Sept 1959 p 542, v 67 n 624 Jan 1960 p 23-30, 3 folding sheets; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 94 n 9 Oct 8 1959 p 270-6, folding sheet; Mar Engr and Naval Architect v 82 n 999, 1000 Oct 1959 p 334-9, Nov p 381-5, folding sheet; Engineer v 209 n 5433 Mar 11 1960 p 449-50)
Holland-America line's new flagship S.S.Rotterdam
Ingenieria Naval
Ingenieria Naval ; 27 , n 293
1959
5 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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