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Friday 14 March 2014

Dutch steamship Amsterdam according to Tideman in 1880

In his Memoriaal van de Marine at Amsterdam (1876-1880) published B.J. Tideman a list of Dutch seagoing steamships under Dutch flag on 1 January 1876. Owned by the Amsterdam St. Mij, built at the shipyard of Fischbein, Rostock, line Amsterdam-Hamburg, 256 gross and 195 net tons, 61 (prow-prow) x 5,40 (maximum) x 5,20 (hold between bottom of the hull at the keel and main deck amidships) x 2.27 (for)-3.12 metres, displacement 499 tons, cargo capacity without coalbunkers 240 ‘weight’ tons or 230 space tons, coal bunker capacity 40 tons, speed 8 knots, daily coal consumption for a single trip 14 tons, travelling time single trip 1½ day. Lijst van de Nederlandsche Oorlogs- en Koopvaardijschepen met hunne onderscheidingsseinen, uit het Internationaal Seinboek ten dienste van alle Natiën. Rotterdam, 1876. Improved with latest information until 1 April 1876. Schooner steamship, homeport Amsterdam, call sign NDCW, net cargo capacity 195 tons.