Dutch cargo ship sunk by a U-boat in 1942 with the loss of 135 lives
For other ships with the same name, see MS 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
call sign PIVK
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
2 × screws
2 × two-stroke diesel engines
Speed
18 knots (33 km/h)
Capacity
passengers: 160
cargo:
515,000 cu ft (14,600 m3) grain;
478,000 cu ft (13,500 m3) bale;
16,832 cu ft (476.6 m3) refrigerated
Crew
1942: 112 + 18 Armed Guards
Sensors and processing systems
wireless direction finding;
echo sounding device
Armament
in Second World War: DEMS
Notes
sister ship: Noordam
MV Zaandam was a Dutch cargo liner. She 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.[1]
^"Zaandam – ID 7414". Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 June 2023.
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