Timeline | HAL-150 - Holland America Line
Holland America Line replaces the original house flag with the “NASM” letters on the green-and-white-green striped Rotterdam city flag with an orange flag inset with three waves of aqua and white and aqua again.
Rotterdam IV enters service as the company’s flagship. It is the first ship with an enclosed promenade deck with glass windows, so that the first-class passengers could walk around the decks, even during inclement weather. MID 1960’s World War I sees the loss of six HAL ships and 13 employees.
Holland Amerika Lijn (The Netherlands) - CRW Flags
There have been four house flags in the history of HAL. The first was in use from the founding of the company in 1873 - or at the very least, from a very early date - and consists of green-white-green horizontal stripes (the colors of the City of Rotterdam) with …
Why are HAL ships under Dutch flag - Holland America Line
Apr 9, 2012 · For many years, Holland America Line left the flag of its home country the Netherlands for Panama and the Bahamas, but today its whole fleet of 15 ships has been returned to its land of...
Holland America Line - Wikipedia
Holland America Line was founded in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and from 1873 to 1989, it operated as a Dutch shipping line, a passenger line, a cargo line and a cruise line operating primarily between the Netherlands and North America.
Rotterdam VI was the first ship in Holland America Line’s new R-Class series of ships. She was christened by Princess Margriet of the Netherlands. In summer 2011, Rotterdam operated Holland America Line's first standalone transatlantic crossing since 1971, making a single trip both eastbound and westbound. ROTTERDAM VII (2021 – Current)
Flag Etiquette? - Holland America Line - Cruise Critic
Apr 19, 2013 · Ships fly their country of registry, house flag and the port that they're in as well as signal flags (yellow means quarantine, ship hasn't been cleared, red, refueling). The flag of the...
The 4 classes of Holland America ships, explained
Sep 30, 2024 · If you're in the "newer is better" camp when it comes to cruise ships, this is the Holland America ship class for you. All three of Holland America's Pinnacle Class ships have rolled out since 2016, and they're significantly younger than …
2 An Outline of the History of Holland America Line Part 2
As the Netherlands was neutral, Holland America was not allowed to keep it’s own crews on board and the company’s ships were brought under American Flag, operated by American crew. The Rijndam I was used by the USA to transport troops …
The Holland America Line Chapter 3 - halpostcards.com
Such a ship would have placed the Holland-America Line amongst the few famous lines operating 'giants' of over 30,000 tons. The war intervened, however, and the great ship was destined to become a U-boat victim without ever flying the Dutch flag.