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21st April 2005, 23:47
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Leerdam (2)
The Holland Amerika Lijn (HAL) was founded in 1870 and the first ship was called ss Rotterdam (Rotterdam 1).
They called most of their future ships after a city in The Netherlands, mostly ending in ....dam or .....dijk (dike). They continiously come back with the same names after their first ship(s) have been sold or went to the breakers. Although the vessels as such are not called by number, then there have been several Rotterdam's , Statendam's , Volendam's, etc. To kick off this site, hereby an old one, from an official postcard of the Line: Leerdam 2 built 1921 and sold in 1953 GRT 8815 Carnival Cruises in US have now taken over the operational side of the HAL for all their modern cruiseships. More news some other time. Last edited by Jan Hendrik : 21st April 2005 at 23:52. 
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