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SS Prinses Amalia

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Name
  
SS Prinses Amalia

Yard number
  
166

Out of service
  
1906

Length
  
113 m

Builder
  
John Elder & Co.

In service
  
1874

Launched
  
19 March 1874

Draft
  
6.77 m

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Owner
  
Dutch Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland 1874-1904 L. Pittaluga 1906

SS Prinses Amalia was a Dutch steam ship built for the Netherland Line (Dutch Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (SMN) or Netherlands Steamship Company) in 1874 by John Elder & Co. of Govan on the River Clyde.

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Routing

Prinses Amalia was one of the earliest steamers to operate in the Amsterdam - Java service (inaugurated by SMN in 1871), spending her entire service life on this route.

Fate

She was broken up at Genoa in 1906 having been renamed Amalia for her final delivery voyage.

Notable passengers

  • Mata Hari, departed Amsterdam 1 May 1897 bound for the Dutch East Indies.
  • Eugène Dubois, departed Amsterdam 29 October 1887 bound for the Dutch East Indies.

    • References

    SS Prinses Amalia Wikipedia
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