DALERDIJK (Holland America Line)~a1

postcard, 5.5" x 3.5", 140mm x 90mm

Product information

company-issued postcard,

not posted, minor faults/wear, minimal use,

5.5" x 3.5", 140mm x 90mm (approx)

our ref: XRH071

note: although named as Dalerdijk both on the back of the card and on the bow of the ship we can find no reference to her ever actually sailing under this name

DALERDIJK (Holland-America Line)

Cargo passenger liner, she had accommodation for 50 passengers. Built at Govan by Harland & Wolff she made her maiden voyage, Rotterdam to Vancouver, in 1930 for Holland-America as Damsterdijk. She was seized by the Germans in 1940, originally planned to be part of the invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion) but from 1941 was used as a target ship, managed by Hamburg-America with the name Mulhausen. She was returned to Holland-America, badly damaged, in 1946 and then repaired and returned to service as Damsterdijk. Over-winter 1948/9 she was re-engined and modernised and re-entered service named Dalerdyk. She was broken up in Japan in 1963.