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Picture 1 made during one of here trail sailings.
Picture 2 a areal view of the brand new TSS STATENDAM (III) she's on here handing over sailing to the North Sea where HRH Prince Hendrik (husband HM Queen Wilhelmina) of the Netherlands will do the officially handing over.
Picture 3 later in here career berthed at the Wilhelminakade. On this spot she will become victim of WW2 and be destroyed after the Dutch army shelled here, after Nazi troops start to shoot on them from here decks.
Greetings Ben.
quote:Originally posted by Thad:
Thad did you know that in the late '30's HAL was talking about a rebuilding program to up grade the STATENDAM. They where confronted with the fact that STATENDAM in 1938 0nly 9 years old was outdated by the ultra modern NIEUW AMSTERDAM. Although still very popular, HAL was afraid that she on the long run would loose popularity. The plans got a go ahead after the proposed new build project ROTTERDAM was halted.
The project would have changed STATENDAM profile and she would have a completely new interior. There was even talk to rename here. But WW2 got in the way and with the destroying of the STATENDAM the project was finished.
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