SS Prinses Amalia was built for Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (SMN) by John Elder & Co. of Govan on the River Clyde.

[5] In early April it became known that delivery would be delayed and Prinses Amalia would leave the Netherlands in June.

On 6 June 1874 Prinses Amalia made her trial runs on the Clyde, reaching about 12 knots.

[1] On her maiden voyage to the Dutch East Indies SS Prinses Amalia carried many parts of Batavia Dock.

This iron floating dry dock was transported to the Dutch East Indies in parts, and would be assembled on Untung Jawa (Amsterdam Island).

On 16 June 1874 Prinses Amalia sailed from Nieuwediep for Southampton, Naples and ultimately Batavia.

It was a swift voyage, and without all the stops, it would have been the fastest trip from Nieuwediep to Batavia up to that date.

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