SS Potsdam Archival Collection

SS Potsdam of the Holland-America Line Photograph of a painting signed "Fred Pansing." © 1900 Detroit Publishing Co. # 042674. Library of Congress # 2016800414. GGA Image ID # 15c58ffba7

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• Potsdam (1900) Holland-America Line Ship's History (Brief)
• Passenger Lists
• Brochures
• Sailing Schedules
• Passage Rates
• Back Cover Images
• Fleet of the Holland-America Line - 1908
• Fleet of the Holland-America Line - 1915

Potsdam (1900) Holland-America Line

Built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany. Tonnage: 12,522. Dimensions: 547' x 62' (565' o.l.). Twin-screw, 15 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and one funnel. Passengers: 280 first, 210 second, 1,800 third. Maiden voyage: Rotterdam-New York, May 17, 1900. Previous Names: (a) Stockholm (1915), (b) Solglimt (1928) converted whale factory ship. WWII Activity: Captured in the Antarctic by the German raider Pinguin and taken to occupied France. Fate: Sunk at Cherbourg during World War II. Sister ships: Noordam and Rijndam.

1904-07-02 TSS Potsdam Passenger List

First and Second Cabin Passenger List for the SS Potsdam of the Holland-America Line, Departing 2 July 1904 from Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer, Commanded by Captain G. Stenger.

1909-09-18 TSS Potsdam Passenger List

First and Second Cabin Passenger List for the TSS Potsdam of the Holland-America Line, Departing 18 September 1909 from Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer, Commanded by Captain G. Bruinsma.

1913-08-02 TSS Potsdam Passenger List

First and Second Cabin Passenger List from the SS Potsdam of the Holland-America Line, Departing Saturday, 2 August 1913 from Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer, Commanded by Captain B. C. Van Walraven, Lt. RNR.

Holland-America Line First Cabin Rates - 1905

This 1905 brochure featured First Cabin Rates for the TSS Noordam, TSS Ryndam, TSS Potsdam, TSS Statendam, and TSS Rotterdam, covering the Summer Season, Early and Late Summer Season, and Winter Season, To and From New York, Rotterdam, and Boulogne-sur-Mer. The Brochure included General Information for Passengers, Offices, and Agencies, and First and Second Class Railway Fares from Rotterdam to Principal Cities in Europe.

Proposed Sailings, Rotterdam-Boulogne sur Mer-New York, from 24 June to 31 October 1908. Ships Included the Potsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, Rotterdam, and Ryndam. SS Nieuw Amsterdam Passenger List, 20 June 1908. GGA Image ID # 1df62b6b83

Proposed Sailings, Rotterdam-Boulogne sur Mer-New York, from 17 September 1910 to 13 December 1910. Ships Included the Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, Potsdam, Rotterdam, and Ryndam. SS Nieuw Amsterdam Passenger List, 17 September 1910. GGA Image ID # 1e017fa796

Proposed Sailings, New York-Boulogne sur Mer-Rotterdam and New York-Plymouth-Boulogne sur Mer-Rotterdam, from 15 June 1912 to 31 August 1912. Ships Included the Pottsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, and Rotterdam. GGA Image ID # 1df6a5a929

Proposed Sailings, Rotterdam-Boulogne sur Mer-New York, from 5 April 1913 to 30 August 1913. Ships Included the Pottsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, Rotterdam, and Ryndam. SS Rotterdam Passenger List, 5 April 1913. GGA Image ID # 1df6d63353

SS Potsdam Season 1905 First Cabin Passage Rates, To and From New York, Rotterdam, and Boulogne-sur-Mer. Summer Season, Early and Late Summer Season, and Winter Season. Rates Effective 25 March 1905. GGA Image ID # 1f92f9ba4d. Click to View Larger Image.

Back Cover of a Cabin Passenger List from the Twin Screw Steamer "Potsdam" Dated Saturday, 2 July 1904. GGA Image ID # 15c34af0d4

Back Cover of a 18 September 1909 Cabin Class Passenger List for the SS Potsdam of the Holland-America Line. GGA Image ID # 15c81bac57

Back Cover of a Cabin Passenger List from the SS Potsdam of the Holland-America Line, Departing Saturday, 2 August 1913 from Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer. GGA Image ID # 17c2c00246

Fleet of the Holland-America Line - 1908

• Twin screw Steamship “Nieuw Amsterdam”
• Twin screw Steamship “Noordam”
• Twin screw Steamship “Ryndam”
• Twin screw Steamship “Potsdam”
• Twin screw Steamship “Statendam”

Ranging from 10,500 to 17,500 tons net register, and the New Twin Screw Steamship “Rotterdam” of 24,170 tons Register, 37,190 tons Displacement.

All steamships are of enormous tonnage, and splendidly equipped for the safety and comfort of passengers. They are all provided with the latest improvements, have bilge keels, superb decks, halls, saloons and large staterooms, and are fitted with the Marconi system for wireless telegraphy and the Submarine Signal Receiving Apparatus. They carry the U. S. and Royal Netherlands Mails and maintain a regular weekly service between New York and Rotterdam, stopping both ways at Boulogne-sur-Mer for the landing and embarking of passengers.

Fleet of the Holland-America Line - 1915

The Fleet of Holland-Americ Line. SS Nieuw Amsterdam Passenger List, 29 May 1915. GGA Image ID # 1e01b0f9c9