Amsterdam

Ownership

1894 Great Eastern Railway Company
(10/1914 - 09/1919 Admiralty requisition)
1923 L.N.E.R.

Capacity

218 1^st class and 120 2^nd Class berths (overnight service)

Routes

1894 Harwich - Hoek van Holland

1910 Harwich - Antwerp

Shipbuilder

Earle's Ship Building & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull (yard no. 380)

Launched 24/01/1894 Completed 02/1894

Dimensions

GRT: 1745

Length: 302.5ft.

Beam: 36.1ft.

Engine builder

Earle's Ship Building & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull

Propulsion

2 sets of triple expansion engines, 26", 39.5", 61" x 36", 447 NHP. Twin screws, design speed 18 knots.

Notes

Sister to BERLIN (lost in 1907) and VIENNA (later ROULERS). Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 10/1914 and served as an Armed Boarding Steamer, released back to the G.E.R. in 09/1919.

Broken up at Blyth in December 1928