MV Zaandam
Zaandam | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | |
| Name | Zaandam |
| Namesake | Zaandam |
| Owner | NASM |
| Operator | Holland America Line |
| Port of registry | Rotterdam |
| Builder | Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam |
| Yard number | 663 |
| Laid down | 22 December 1937 |
| Launched | 27 August 1938 |
| Completed | 21 December 1938 |
| Identification |
|
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by U-174, 7 November 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 10,909 GRT, 6,365 NRT, 10,312 DWT |
| Length | 480.7 ft (146.5 m) |
| Beam | 64.4 ft (19.6 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Depth | 36.2 ft (11.0 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Installed power | 3,359 NHP, 12,500 ihp |
| Propulsion |
|
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Capacity |
|
| Crew | 1942: 112 + 18 Armed Guards |
| Sensors & processing systems |
|
| Armament | in Second World War: DEMS |
| Notes | sister ship: Noordam |
MV Zaandam was a Dutch cargo liner. It was one of a pair of motor ships built for Holland America Line (Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij, or NASM) in 1938. In 1942 a U-boat sank her, causing the deaths of 135 of her passengers and crew. 164 people survived, including three who drifted on a life raft for 83 days before being rescued.
This was the second NASM ship to be named after the city of Zaandam in North Holland. The first was a steamship that was built in 1882, and sold and renamed in 1897.