Description: Holland-America Line - T. S. S. Veendam - Rotterdam - New York: Holland America Line is an American-owned cruise line, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. Holland America Line was founded in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and from 1873 to 1989, it operated as a Dutch shipping line, a passenger line, a cargo line and a cruise line operating primarily between the Netherlands and North America. As part of the company's legacy, it was directly involved in the transport of many hundreds of thousands of emigrants from the Netherlands to North America. Holland America has been a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation since 1989.[SS Veendam was a 15,450 GRT ton ocean liner built for the Holland America Line. Built in 1922 by Harland & Wolff Limited, in Govan, Glasgow, she would operate on transatlantic routes between New York and Rotterdam via the Caribbean Sea. In 1941 she was seized by the Kriegsmarine as an accommodation ship and in 1945 after heavy damage, she was returned to her former owners the Holland America Line. She would go on to serve for another eight years before she was scrapped in 1953 at Baltimore, Maryland. She was the sister ship of SS Volendam. This Photochromatic postcard, mailed in 1939 from Cristobal Panama, is in good condition.
Price: 8.5 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
End Time: 2024-12-24T04:01:03.000Z
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
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Country/Region of Manufacture: Netherlands
Theme: Transportation
Region: Netherlands
City/Region: Canal Zone
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Advertising
Subject: Boats & Ships
Postage Condition: Posted
Era: Chrome (c. 1939-present)
Company: Holland-America Line
Steamer: T. S. S. Veendam
New York: Rotterdam
Current Owner: Carnival Corporation
WWII: German Seizure
