WESTERDAM is it 'Signature Class ?'

NSWP

NSWP

Waiter
G'day, am on Westerdam next year, is it one of the 'Signature Class' ships ? Why do HAL give their ships these different class names ? (excuse my ignorance, first HAL cruise coming up)
 
Krazy Kruizers

Krazy Kruizers

Holland America Specialist
Hello

The Westerdam is a Vista Class ship.

I have noticed that some of the other cruise lines also have various "Classes" of ships as well. The class depends on the size of the ships and sometimes when they were built.
 
ShipMaven

ShipMaven

Forever Remembered
G'day!

Adding to Krazy Kruizer's reply, the two Signature Class ships in HAL's fleet at this time are Eurodam and Nieuw Amsterdam. Nieuw Amsterdam just entered service in July.
 
Calgon1

Calgon1

Awaiting results of mental evaluation
A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design.This is distinct from a ship-type, which might reflect a similarity of tonnage or intended use. In the course of building a class of ships, design changes might be implemented. In such a case, the ships of different design might not be considered of the same class; each variation would either be its own class, or a subclass of the original class. If ships are built of a class whose production had been discontinued, a similar distinction might be made.

With Holland America, ship classes are usually named after the maiden ship of each design. When significant changes are made to a design, then that ship starts a new "class".



Statendam class (S class)
  • MS Statendam, 1993—Signature of Excellence (SOE) upgrades occurred in May 2005
  • MS Maasdam, 1993—SOE upgrades occurred in April 2006
  • MS Ryndam, 1994—SOE upgrades occurred in October 2004
  • MS Veendam, 1996—SOE upgrades occurred in January 2006
Rotterdam class (R class)



  • MS Rotterdam, 1997—SOE upgrades occurred in April 2005
  • MS Volendam, 1999—SOE upgrades occurred in December 2005
  • MS Zaandam, 2000—SOE upgrades occurred in January 2005
  • MS Amsterdam, 2000—SOE upgrades occurred in October 2005
  • Note: Volendam and Zaandam have different funnels and are substantially different in design from the Rotterdam and the Amsterdam, but are still considered R Class vessels.
Vista class



  • MS Zuiderdam, 2002—SOE upgrades in December 2005; aft expansion in April 2008.
  • MS Oosterdam, 2003—SOE upgrades in October 2006; aft expansion in 2009.
  • MS Westerdam, 2004—SOE upgrades in April 2005; aft expansion in May 2007.
  • MS Noordam, 2006—Built with SOE standards; aft expansion to earlier Vista-class ships designed to mimic the Noordam.
Signature class



 
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