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In 1949 verscheen het boek De schippers van de Kameleon, geschreven door de Fries Hotze de Roos. In de veertig daaropvolgende jaren schreef hij nog negenenvijftig titels in de Kameleon-reeks. Het waren avonturen die echt tot de verbeelding spraken. De K...

Five weeks after the withdrawal of the legendary ‘Rotterdam’ (V) Holland America Line introduced in November 1997 the ‘Rotterdam’ (VI). With her gross tonnage of 59.652 she was and stil is a remarkable ship among all cruise liners. From 2012 the proud f...

Al meer dan veertig jaar woont socioloog Dick Pels op een klassiek motorjacht dat vaak (maar ten onrechte) ‘het jacht van koningin Emma’ wordt genoemd. 'De Nymphaea' (Latijn voor ‘Waterbloem’) werd in 1917 gebouwd voor de Rotterdamse reder Albert Goudri...

Her novel design and lavish interiors led many to consider her the greatest of ocean liners. Despite this, Normandie was not a commercial success. During service the flagship of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, made 139 westbound transatlantic...

The ss 'Australis' was a well known ocean liner which entered service in 1940 as the ss 'America' for the United States Lines. The ship was sold to the Greek Chandris Lines in 1964 and served until 1977 very succesfully on the route Western-Europe-Austr...

The s.s. 'America' was an ocean liner which entered service in 1940 for the United States Lines. She was designed by the famous naval architect William Francis Gibbs. In the 54 years between her introduction and her wrecking in 1994, she had eight diffe...

The Italian cruise ship Willem Ruys was built between 1939 and 1947. When it was sold to the Italian Lauro Organization in 1966, it was renamed after the company owner Achille Lauro. After being hijacked by Palestinian warriors (PLO), in October 1985, t...

Ordered by the Royal Navy in 1941, the destroyers of the 5th Emergency Flotilla became known as S-class and served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II. In the last months of the war, three were transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy for servi...

In 1891 reist jonkheer George Reuchlin op het nieuwste schip van de Holland- Amerika Lijn naar New York. Zijn vader Otto is medeoprichter van de Rotterdamse stoomvaartmaatschappij. George is zestien, maar het ligt al vast dat hij in zijn vaders voetspor...

Toen de wereld in maart 2020 op slot ging, begon het honderd jaar oude schip Bark Europa noodgedwongen aan de langste tocht ooit: non-stop van Argentinië naar Scheveningen, ruim 17.500 kilometer. Terwijl de crew stormen trotseerde met golven van 7 mete...