SS Rotterdam by Vialliy

Photography • Transportation • posted on Nov 19, 2010

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From Wikipedia The fifth SS Rotterdam, known as "The Grande Dame", was launched by Queen Juliana in a gala ceremony on 13 September 1958, and completed the following summer. The Rotterdam was the last great Dutch "ship of state", employing the finest artisans from the Netherlands in her construction and fitting out process.[1] With a career spanning forty years, she was also one of the most successful passenger ships of all time. She sailed from 1959 until her final retirement in the fall of 2000. She returned to the city of Rotterdam on August 8, 2008 and opened to the public on February 15, 2010 as a combination museum/hotel. The ship now lies along a quay in the southern center of Rotterdam and can be accessed easily.