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 LCCN 2016800414. GGA Image ID # 15c58ffba7
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.
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1904-07-02 TSS Potsdam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 2 July 1904
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
Commander: Captain G. Stenger
Récapitulation: First Cabin - Embarking at Rotterdam: 55 + 1 Child + 1 Governess + 1 Maid; First Cabin - Embarking at Boulogne-sur-Mer: 41 + 2 Maids; Second Cabin - Embarking at Rotterdam: 98 + 2 Infants; Second Cabin - Embarking at Boulogne-sur-Mer: 11 + 1 Infant; Senior Officers and Staff: 6
1909-09-18 TSS Potsdam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 18 September 1909
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
Commander: Captain G. Bruinsma
1913-08-02 TSS Potsdam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 2 August 1913
Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
Commander: B. C. Van Walraven, Lt. R.N.R.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
- Twin Screw Steamship "Rotterdam"
- Twin screw Steamship "Nieuw Amsterdam"
- Twin screw Steamship "Noordam"
- Twin screw Steamship "Ryndam"
- Twin screw Steamship "Potsdam"
- Triple screw Steamship "Statendam"
They range from 12,351 to 24,170 tons gross register, whereas Triple screw Steamship "STATENDAM" of 32,500 tons is building.
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 of 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 embarkation of Passengers. Moreover, S.S. "ROTTERDAM" and "NIEUW AMSTERDAM" will, on the eastbound voyage, the ship calls at Plymouth for the landing of Passengers to Great Britain.
For complete information, sailings, and rates, please apply to the Passenger Offices of the Holland-America Line or its local Agents.
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Era of the Passenger Liner - 1992
The Gilded Era comes back to life as the reader relives the careers of stately ships and express greyhounds from immigrant ships to floating palaces. Scarce, large format book containing 288pp. Features photographs, statistics, and background of 280 passenger liners, each with a picture.
Great Passenger Ships of the World 1858-1912
This initial volume deals with Ships from 1858-1912, from the first passenger ship of over 10,000 GRT to be placed in service (the Great Eastern) to those unforgettable sister ships, the Olympic and Titanic — the first of more than 40,000 GRT.
Great Passenger Ships of the World 1924-1935
Volume 3 in the series covers the years 1924-1935 and includes the introduction of the well-known superliners Normandie and Queen Mary, both of which successfully competed for the prestigious Blue Riband award for the fastest transatlantic crossing.
Passenger Liners of the World Since 1893
The author here takes a nostalgic look back to the heyday of the passenger ship, providing a brief history of 211 ships of over 10,000 tons, together with specifications and technical details of each.
Passenger Ships of the World - 1963
🎓 “A Global Voyage Through Steamship History for Historians, Genealogists, and Maritime Enthusiasts”
Eugene W. Smith’s Passenger Ships of the World – Past and Present (1963) is a masterfully curated encyclopedic reference that charts the rise, peak, and transformation of ocean-going passenger ships through nearly two centuries. Expanding upon his earlier Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific works, Smith offers a global maritime panorama that includes ships serving the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Oceania, as well as Canal routes and California-Hawaii shuttle lines.
🧭 This book is an essential resource for:
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Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994
One of the most comprehensive pictorial references on ocean liners ever published, this superb chronicle by noted maritime historian William H. Miller, Jr., depicts and describes virtually every passenger ship of over 15,000 tons built between 1860 and the late 1900s.
Picture History of German and Dutch Passenger Ships
Picture History of German and Dutch Passenger Ships is a superbly illustrated volume that documents a long line of great ships--from "floating palaces" such as the Imperator (1913) and the Vaterland (1914) to such luxurious cruise ships as the Statendam (1957), Hamburg (1969), the remodeled Bremen (1990), and the new Deutschland (1998).
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View of Corner of First Class Lounge on the SS Potsdam (1900). Photo by Detroit Publishing Company. Library of Congress LCCN 2016811539. GGA Image ID # 20788d8fcb
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The SS Potsdam of the Holland-America Line at Sea c1900. From a Painting from Fred Pansing (1854-1912). Published by the Detroit Publishing Company. Library of Congress LCCN 2016811545. GGA Image ID # 2078c6d02f
Chromolithograph of the Holland-America Line SS Potsdam (1900) From a Painting by Fred Pansinl. Library of Congress LCCN 2018756476. GGA Image ID # 2079050bdb
The SS Potsdam on the High Seas from a Painting by Fred Pansing (1844-1912). Oil on Canvas. Courtesy of the Maritime Museum Rotterdam, Accession Number P2087. GGA Image ID # 2079106f28
The Passenger Steamer SS Potsdam (1900) of the Holland-America Line Shown Departing from Rotterdam for New York. Painting by Fred Pansing (1844-1912). Oil on Canvas. GGA Image ID # 20792575de
SS Potsdam (1900) of the Holland-America Line at New York Harbor c1900. From a Painting by Fred Pansing (1854-1912). Published by Detroit Publishing Company No. 043305. GGA Image ID # 207932ca3d
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