1906 Antique Holland America Line EMERGENCY HORN SS Nieuw-Amsterdam OCEAN LINER

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1906 Antique Holland America Line EMERGENCY HORN SS Nieuw-Amsterdam OCEAN LINER:
$169.99

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1906 Vintage Antique
Marked Holland Amerika Line Cruise Ship Line
Brass Man Overvoard EMERGENCY HORN
SS Nieuw Amsterdam (1) Ocean Liner
Excellent condition. Incredibly detailed maritime knot textile weaving neck rope. For First Class Only. See photos. Holland America Line
The horn is loud
The Nieuw Amsteram under construction on the slipway of Harland and Wolff

By 1900 the Dutch shipbuilding industry was not yet ready and capable to built such a big ship and to such exacting standard and thus Holland America placed an order with the Harland and Wolff shipyard at Belfast, Ireland, which had also built some of the previous passenger ships of the line. The Nieuw Amsterdam was a steamship pur sang but it still carried a full set of sails for the masts of the ship. As far as we know, these were never used and were found, as new, in their storage bags when the ship went for scrap in 1932.

When the ship came into service, it was the 10th largest ship in the world and the biggest ship under the Dutch Flag, until the arrival of the Rotterdam (4) in 1908. The keel was laid on 21 January 1904 and the hull launched on 28 September 1905. The official trial trip took place on 22 February 1906 and there a maximum speed of 17.5 knots was reached. Such a speed was more then sufficient to compete on the North Atlantic successfully. Passengers could choose the fastest ships, to reach their destination as quickly as possible, but that often resulted in being shaken all over the place during a crossing due to the vibration of the engines going full out at the maximum achievable speed. With a slower crossing there would be no vibration and the passengers could enjoy the comfort of the ship more. From Belfast the Nieuw Amsterdam sailed to Rotterdam were it arrived on the 24th.of February. Here it entered on the 26th. the new City Dry dock for two days of under water cleaning. After some more testing and inspections, it was delivered by the yard on the 6th. of March 1906 to Holland America.

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