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SS
Diemerdyk – SS Dinteldyk
SS Diemerdyk departs
I hereby wish to thank Roel Zwama (http://surf.to/shiplover) and Willem van
Voorst (www.arendnet.com) of The
Netherlands who provided additional information and a number of photographs as
marked. Thank you for your kind assistance.
SS Diemerdyk would be the
first Holland America Line ship to be built after the war. Built by Wilton
Fijenoord in
Construction on her sister, Dinteldyk commenced in
1950, however, it was soon decided to redesign her into Trans-Atlantic liner
with 861 passengers and was given the name Rijndam, who with her sister Maasdam
set a new standard in Tourist Class service yet both offered 39 passengers a
penthouse style First Class section up on Boat deck.
With the building of the Rijndam, the building of
Diemerdyk’s sister the Dinteldyk was put on hold for a further five
years. Wilton Fijenoord finally laid
down the keel for the Dinteldyk on
SS Dinteldyk
Diemerdyk departed on her
maiden voyage on
Although these ships
varied a little in length and tonnage, they were almost identical. Diemerdyk
accommodated 61 passengers and Dinteldyk 60. Each ship offered single, twins
bedded cabins and several having three berths. All cabins were outside and had
private facilities. Promenade Deck featured several excellent lounges, with the
Dining Room located down on C deck. The centrally located superstructure
offered ample open and sheltered deck space on Boat and Promenade Deck, which
was partially glass enclosed and having an aft section overlooking the stern of
the ship, and A Deck aft offered ample sports facilities. The Dining Room and
all cabins were air-conditioned.
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Specifications:
Built
by:
Tonnage: Diemerdyk
– 11,195 – call sign PDPT
Dinteldyk
– 11,366
Length: Diemerdyk
– 498ft / 151,86m
Dinteldyk
– 504ft
Width: 69ft
Draught: 30.1ft
Engines: Diemerdyk
– Steam, Gen Elec Turbines - 8,500
Dinteldyk
Steam, Pametrade Geared
Turbines
Screws: Single
Service
speed: 16.5 knots
Passengers: 61 / 60 One class
SS
Diemerdyk sold to become Oriental Amiga
Diemerdyk operated her
Trans-Atlantic service until 1968, but was sold on December 3 to the one of the
C.Y. Tung companies, “Orient Africa Line” (
Oriental Amiga - Photo provided by Roel Zwama
Two years
later she was converted as a containership and recommenced service. In 1974 she
was sold to another C.Y. Tung affiliate company “Orient Overseas
Line” and she continued to operate under the same name. The only livery
change was that her hull was painted black.
Oriental Amiga - Photo provided by Roel Zwama
Oriental Amiga was sold
to be broken up late in 1977 and arrived in
SS Dinteldyk sold to become Oriental Fantasia / Hong
Kong Success
Dinteldyk - Photo provided by Roel Zwama
Dinteldyk was sold in
June 1970 to C.Y. Tung’s Oriental Central America Lines,
Oriental Fantasia - Photo provided by Roel Zwama
In 1972 she was sold to
another C.Y. Tung company, Pacific Union Lines Ltd., Hong Kong and was renamed Hong Kong Success. In 1976 she was
transferred to Oriental Central America Lines Inc.,
Hong Kong Success was
sold late 1978 to broken up and arrived at the Chen Tai Iron
Works shipyards at
These fine passenger cargo liners offered an
excellent service from
Page One: The history of two fine passenger cargo ships
Page Two: Photographs of the ships
Page Three: The Reijnouw Nunnink’s voyage on the SS Dinteldijk
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