Dutch floating hotel De Coaster (1909)

Rotterdam, Netherlands 11 July 2026

Active as cargo ship in the coastal trade (Sont) until the end of the 1970s, renovated in 2020 and became a hotel ship. Built by Coops&Nieborg, Hoogezand, Netherlands in 1909. 

Former Dutch merchant training ship Pollux 1940-

Harbour Amsterdam, Netherlands 9 May 2026

Launched as a replica of a Dutch 3-mast bark around 1850 at the shipyard of rederij Verschure, Amsterdam on 9 September 1940. Commissioned in January 1941 as training ship for the Matrozen Instituut what became the Lagere Zeevaartschool until December 1990. Between 1940-1984 berthed in the Oosterdok. Sold to Amstel Botel owners in 2014, overhauled at Scheepswerf Brouwer, Zaandam, Netherlands 8 January-25 March 2015 and since then used as floating restaurant. Now under conversion into a floating hotel. Designed by E. van Dieren at Rotterdam, Netherlands. Building started in April 1940. Commissioned on Saturday 4 January 1941

Former Dutch merchant training ship Pollux 1940-

Harbour Amsterdam, Netherlands 30 March 2025

Launched as a replica of a Dutch 3-mast bark around 1850 at the shipyard of rederij Verschure, Amsterdam on 9 September 1940. Commissioned in January 1941 as training ship for the Matrozen Instituut what became the Lagere Zeevaartschool until December 1990. Between 1940-1984 berthed in the Oosterdok. Sold to Amstel Botel owners in 2014, overhauled at Scheepswerf Brouwer, Zaandam, Netherlands 8 January-25 March 2015 and since then used as floating restaurant. Now under conversion into a floating hotel. Designed by E. van Dieren at Rotterdam, Netherlands. Building started in April 1940. Commissioned on Saturday 4 January 1941

Dutch botel (ex-O.B.34 1906-1926, Stina 9126-1955, Gunne Marie 1955-1992, Irma 1992-, Victoria -1997) Liza Marleen 1997-

Amsterdam, Netherlands 29 May 2024

Netherlands-flagged, EU 02329158, IMO 1001785, MMSI 244710298 and call sign PC2705.Built by G.H. Thyen, Brake as a barge on the complete dismantled hull of an ocean Norwegian herring lugger between 1997-1998. Built as O.B. 34 Irma in 1906. 

Dutch sailing inland passenger ship Auwe Neel (1910)

Antwerpen, Belgium 23 July 2022

Netherlands-flagged, ENI 23199636, MMSI 244750486 and call sign PE6365. Klipper built in the Netherlands in 1910, served as cargo ship and nowadays hotel. 

German sailing ship (ex-Reserve Sonderburg 1906-1988) Alexander von Humboldt 1988-

Bremen, Germany 14 September 2023

Building ordered in 1906. launched as a reserve light vessel by AG Weser, Bremen, Germany with yard number 155 on 10 September 1906, decommissioned in 1985, sold to to the Deutsche Stiftung Sail Training Ship and renamed Alexander von Humboldt on 20 May 1988, homeport Bremen, converted into the training vessel TSG 404, sold in December 2011, commissioned in Feburary 2012, Bahamas-flagged, homeport Freeport, 2013 Antigua and Barbuda-flagged, homeport St. John’s, call sign V2KY6 and reflagged Germany, homeport Bremerhaven, call sign DHVH2 and in 2014 converted into a floating hotel. Displacement 396 metric tons and as dimensions 62.55 x 8.02 x 4.8 metres or 205.2 x 26.3 x 16 feet.