7th Jul, 2020 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Unshaken)
190
[Z] THE BRIDGE BELL FROM THE HOLLAND-AMERIKA LINER S.S. 'NIEUW AMSTERDAM', 1938
THE BRIDGE BELL FROM THE HOLLAND-AMERIKA LINER S.S. NIEUW AMSTERDAM, 1937
cast in brass with moulded rim, inscribed in an arc to front Nieuw Amsterdam, Rotterdam -- 9½ x 9¼in. (24 x 23cm.); together with a small cast metal waterline model of the liner and commemorative postcards including one dated for her maiden voyage
Originally intended as the Prinsendam but re-named on the stocks to commemorate the original Dutch settlement that is now New York, when launched by Queen Wilhelmina on 10th April 1937, the ship was Holland's largest at 36,287 tons. Designed as a luxury passenger 'ship of peace' without reference for potential conversion to War work, however a little over two years after her Maiden Voyage in May 1938, she was indeed converted into a troopship. Over the course of the war she carried some 378,000 troops and required an 18-month and hugely expensive refit on her return to civilian service (most of her elegant interiors had been stored in Los Angeles and had rotted), returning to passenger service in October 1947. Famous for her cuisine and fine interiors, all her First and many Cabin Class rooms were en suite. By 1967 she had severe boiler trouble and that, combined with the advent of the jet age, sealed her fate. Laid up, she was broken at Kaohsiung in 1974.
Sold for £3,472
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
Condition Report
Good structural condition,one or two small chips to rim. Name lacking black filling and a little over-polished towards middle.
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THE BRIDGE BELL FROM THE HOLLAND-AMERIKA LINER S.S. NIEUW AMSTERDAM, 1937
cast in brass with moulded rim, inscribed in an arc to front Nieuw Amsterdam, Rotterdam -- 9½ x 9¼in. (24 x 23cm.); together with a small cast metal waterline model of the liner and commemorative postcards including one dated for her maiden voyage
Originally intended as the Prinsendam but re-named on the stocks to commemorate the original Dutch settlement that is now New York, when launched by Queen Wilhelmina on 10th April 1937, the ship was Holland's largest at 36,287 tons. Designed as a luxury passenger 'ship of peace' without reference for potential conversion to War work, however a little over two years after her Maiden Voyage in May 1938, she was indeed converted into a troopship. Over the course of the war she carried some 378,000 troops and required an 18-month and hugely expensive refit on her return to civilian service (most of her elegant interiors had been stored in Los Angeles and had rotted), returning to passenger service in October 1947. Famous for her cuisine and fine interiors, all her First and many Cabin Class rooms were en suite. By 1967 she had severe boiler trouble and that, combined with the advent of the jet age, sealed her fate. Laid up, she was broken at Kaohsiung in 1974.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Unshaken), 7th Jul, 2020
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