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Statendam, 1929

 Item
Identifier: imm-0296
Image of Statendam (1929); mkey 332752

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.

Dates

  • Creation: 1929

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Vessel Details

Line: Holland-America Line

Builder and location: Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland

Tonnage and dimensions: 29,511 tons; 670' x 81'

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 3 funnels

Routes: Rotterdam-NY

History: Launched at Belfast in 1924, eventually towed to Rotterdam for completion. Maiden voyage April 1929. Laid up in Sept. 1939. Destroyed by fire during Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, May 1940.

Legacy record identifier: Statendam1929

Repository Details

Part of the Other Resources Repository

Contact:
Mystic Seaport Museum
112 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic Connecticut 06355 USA
860.572.5367