SS Noordam (1902)

SS Noordam was a steam ocean liner that was launched in Ireland in 1901 and scrapped in the Netherlands in 1928–29.

The combined power of her twin engines was rated at 1,265 NHP[4] or 7,600 ihp,[3] and gave her a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h).

[8] On 24 November 1911, in fog the English Channel off the Isle of Wight, the schooner Alida collided with Noordam.

[3] At 11:40 hrs on 14 April 1912, Noordam's Marconi wireless telegraphist transmitted a warning of sea ice.

She had passed The Downs and was about 80 nautical miles (150 km) off the Hook of Holland when she struck a British mine.

[3] On 3 August 1917 Noordam was en route from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Rotterdam when she struck a mine in the North Sea off Terschellingbank.

[3] In March 1923 Swedish American Line (SAL) bareboat chartered Noordam, renamed her Kungsholm and registered her in Gothenburg.

[2] In May 1928 Holland America Line sold Noordam for scrap to NV Frank Rijsdijkʼs Industriëele Ondernemingen, who started demolishing her in Rotterdam.

US and UK delegates aboard Noordam in 1915 on their way to the International Congress of Women at The Hague . They include Jane Addams and Annie E. Molloy .
Members of the Henry Ford Peace Mission aboard Noordam in 1916