SS Potsdam 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

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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• Potsdam (1900) Holland-America Line
• Passenger Lists
• Sailing Schedules
• Back Cover Images
• Fleet of the Holland-America Line - 1908
• Fleet of the Holland-America Line - 1915

 

Passenger Lists

 

 

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.

 

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

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.

 

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Sailing Schedules

 

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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Back Cover Images

 

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.

 

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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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