SS Rotterdam
Funnel-less nineteen-fifties ocean liner, now a permanently moored hotel, restaurants and museum.
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This guide to the SS Rotterdam, the Holland America Line liner moored at Katendrecht in Rotterdam, starts with a ship that broke the rules of how a nineteen fifties ocean liner should look. It follows her from Queen Juliana's christening and a royal maiden voyage to New York, through a new name and a quiet berth in the Bahamas. Best heard on the quay, walking slowly from her bow towards the stern.
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