Rare Copper10-8 Posted October 10, 2020 #276 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, cccole said: So interesting to see these ships without a dark blue hull. When did HAL adopt the dark blue hull as a signature feature? Also, even with the tugs these two ships seem awfully close together. Cherie The gull gray hull color was introduced by HAL to their ships in 1956 and lasted fifteen years with the change to what is now known as "Nieuw Amsterdam blue" occurring in the last half of 1971. It coincided with a new house flag and logo which was the three stylized waves on an orange background, soon acquiring the nickname of the "three slugs" because folks felt that's what they looked like. Interestingly enough, "the Darling of the Dutch" (Nieuw Amsterdam II from 1938) was allowed to remain in her gray hull colors with the yellow funnel and green-white-green (the latter being the official colors of the city of Rotterdam) until her retirement in 1973. As far as Nieuw A II and Rotterdam V being close together, me thinks that's more of an optical Aleutian 😉 Seal and official colors (green-white-green) of the city of Rotterdam, the city's motto "Sterker door Strijd" meaning "Stronger through Battle or Struggle" Rotterdam V in gray and dark blue hull colors Edited October 10, 2020 by Copper10-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlantaCruiser72 Posted October 10, 2020 #277 Share Posted October 10, 2020 @Copper10-8 Thanks for those great images of Rotterdam V - the one with the "Nieuw Amsterdam Blue" hull just became my desktop background :) I never knew the specific name of the blue color HAL uses on their hulls. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted October 10, 2020 #278 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Which dam ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despegue Posted October 11, 2020 Author #279 Share Posted October 11, 2020 1 hour ago, VMax1700 said: Yes, it is Koningsdam. The photo does not do justice to the original. I love the old liner and the chaplinesque figure in this. There is great modern art on KDM. Inspired by René Magritte actually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlantaCruiser72 Posted October 11, 2020 #280 Share Posted October 11, 2020 16 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said: Which dam ship? Not sure which specific ship, but it’s a Vista class vessel BEFORE the stern refit was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted October 11, 2020 #281 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, AtlantaCruiser72 said: Not sure which specific ship, but it’s a Vista class vessel BEFORE the stern refit was done. That is correct and (here's the big clue) it's not Zuidy, Oostie or Westie Edited October 11, 2020 by Copper10-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlantaCruiser72 Posted October 11, 2020 #282 Share Posted October 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Copper10-8 said: That is correct and (here's the big clue) it's not Zuidy, Oostie or Westie Then it has to be the Noddy Noordy - lol! She was my first Dam ship and was still in her launch configuration. It was my first time on HAL, first time to Alaska and I was in a deck 6 Signature Suite - talk about being spoiled! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted October 11, 2020 #283 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, AtlantaCruiser72 said: Then it has to be the Noddy Noordy - lol! She was my first Dam ship and was still in her launch configuration. It was my first time on HAL, first time to Alaska and I was in a deck 6 Signature Suite - talk about being spoiled! Yes, Winner! 🙂 In the pic, a Coastie (USCG) rescue-swimmer (one of the toughest training courses to successfully complete) is being winched down from a Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk from USCG Air Station Sitka, AK to Noordam's aft deck on 15 May 2007 for a medevac while the ship found herself sailing in Alaska's Chatham Strait Edited October 11, 2020 by Copper10-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquahound Posted October 11, 2020 #284 Share Posted October 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Copper10-8 said: Yes, Winner! 🙂 In the pic, a Coastie (USCG) rescue-swimmer (one of the toughest training courses to successfully complete) is being winched down from a Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk from USCG Air Station Sitka, AK to Noordam's aft deck on 15 May 2007 for a medevac while the ship found herself sailing in Alaska's Chatham Strait Those swimmers from Sitka and Kodiak are some of the toughest men I know. But I'll never tell them that. 😁😉 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted October 11, 2020 #285 Share Posted October 11, 2020 40 minutes ago, Aquahound said: Those swimmers from Sitka and Kodiak are some of the toughest men I know. But I'll never tell them that. 😁😉 Did any female applicants pass that course yet as far as you know? More power to them if they did; stud muffins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcummin Posted October 11, 2020 #286 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) One of our sons' friends married a USCG Rescue Swimmer. He is mighty proud of his wife. They used to be stationed in Kodiak, Barbara Edited October 11, 2020 by bcummin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotjeknor Posted October 11, 2020 #287 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Which ship and what is going on ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted October 11, 2020 #288 Share Posted October 11, 2020 22 hours ago, Essiesmom said: Westerdam: Correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted October 11, 2020 #289 Share Posted October 11, 2020 11 hours ago, Despegue said: Inspired by René Magritte actually. Thanks for that! Now a happy Sunday afternoon scrolling through the wonderweb. https://www.renemagritte.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquahound Posted October 11, 2020 #290 Share Posted October 11, 2020 12 hours ago, Copper10-8 said: Did any female applicants pass that course yet as far as you know? More power to them if they did; stud muffins! Oh, heck yeah. I had to look up the history, but the first female to graduate the course was back in 1976. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Pete Cruiser Posted October 11, 2020 #291 Share Posted October 11, 2020 9 hours ago, rotjeknor said: Which ship and what is going on ? My quesses: 1937 SS Nieuw Amsterdam getting an engine/boilers replaced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cccole Posted October 11, 2020 #292 Share Posted October 11, 2020 19 hours ago, Copper10-8 said: The gull gray hull color was introduced by HAL to their ships in 1956 and lasted fifteen years with the change to what is now known as "Nieuw Amsterdam blue" occurring in the last half of 1971. It coincided with a new house flag and logo which was the three stylized waves on an orange background, soon acquiring the nickname of the "three slugs" because folks felt that's what they looked like. Interestingly enough, "the Darling of the Dutch" (Nieuw Amsterdam II from 1938) was allowed to remain in her gray hull colors with the yellow funnel and green-white-green (the latter being the official colors of the city of Rotterdam) until her retirement in 1973. As far as Nieuw A II and Rotterdam V being close together, me thinks that's more of an optical Aleutian 😉 Seal and official colors (green-white-green) of the city of Rotterdam, the city's motto "Sterker door Strijd" meaning "Stronger through Battle or Struggle" Rotterdam V in gray and dark blue hull colors Thanks Copper 10-8 for the info on the hull colors. The seal of Rotterdam is indeed impressive. Hopefully it will be exhibited somewhere on the new ship. And I will be watchful for optical Aleutians! Thanks again, Cherie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipsAreTheBest Posted October 11, 2020 #293 Share Posted October 11, 2020 56 minutes ago, St Pete Cruiser said: My quesses: 1937 SS Nieuw Amsterdam getting an engine/boilers replaced. Yes - Nieuw Amsterdam getting new boilers (which, if memory serves, she got from a US Naval ship) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotjeknor Posted October 12, 2020 #294 Share Posted October 12, 2020 15 hours ago, ShipsAreTheBest said: Yes - Nieuw Amsterdam getting new boilers (which, if memory serves, she got from a US Naval ship) Right. It was done in 1967 at Wilton-Fijenoord shipyard in Schiedam , the Netherlands. They were shipped to the yard on the HAL freighter Schiedijk . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotjeknor Posted October 12, 2020 #295 Share Posted October 12, 2020 19 hours ago, cccole said: Thanks Copper 10-8 for the info on the hull colors. The seal of Rotterdam is indeed impressive. Hopefully it will be exhibited somewhere on the new ship. And I will be watchful for optical Aleutians! Thanks again, Cherie The seal of the the city of Rotterdam is displayed here on the biggest hand painted banner ever to used in a football (soccer) stadium in Europe. It measured 105 by 50 meters and was completely handmade ( I know, I worked on it...). It was displayed before the cup game between the eternal rivals Feyenoord of Rotterdam and Ajax from amsterdam in october 2015. Feyenoord won the game ;-). As you can see , my avatar also displays this seal. This one in the tunnel before players reach the pitch in the Feyenoord stadium in Rotterdam. If you're ever in Rotterdam again, do a stadium tour ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PMP Posted October 12, 2020 #296 Share Posted October 12, 2020 2 hours ago, rotjeknor said: The seal of the the city of Rotterdam is displayed here on the biggest hand painted banner ever to used in a football (soccer) stadium in Europe. It measured 105 by 50 meters and was completely handmade ( I know, I worked on it...). It was displayed before the cup game between the eternal rivals Feyenoord of Rotterdam and Ajax from amsterdam in october 2015. Feyenoord won the game ;-). As you can see , my avatar also displays this seal. This one in the tunnel before players reach the pitch in the Feyenoord stadium in Rotterdam. If you're ever in Rotterdam again, do a stadium tour ! I like the one from Den Haag better.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted October 12, 2020 #297 Share Posted October 12, 2020 3 hours ago, rotjeknor said: The seal of the the city of Rotterdam is displayed here on the biggest hand painted banner ever to used in a football (soccer) stadium in Europe. It measured 105 by 50 meters and was completely handmade ( I know, I worked on it...). It was displayed before the cup game between the eternal rivals Feyenoord of Rotterdam and Ajax from amsterdam in october 2015. Feyenoord won the game ;-). As you can see , my avatar also displays this seal. This one in the tunnel before players reach the pitch in the Feyenoord stadium in Rotterdam. If you're ever in Rotterdam again, do a stadium tour ! I remember doing a stadium tour of the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam (sorry 😬). There was a pretty nice restaurant that looked out at pitch level . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotjeknor Posted October 12, 2020 #298 Share Posted October 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Sir PMP said: I like the one from Den Haag better.. They do some nice pre-match actions as well. Thanks to stopping the league last march (due to corona) they didn't relegate... Three weeks ago Feyenoord -ADO Den Haag 4-2 😄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotjeknor Posted October 12, 2020 #299 Share Posted October 12, 2020 1 hour ago, VMax1700 said: I remember doing a stadium tour of the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam (sorry 😬). There was a pretty nice restaurant that looked out at pitch level . Olympic Stadium is not used for league football anymore, just athletic games and sometime amateurs play friendly games there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotjeknor Posted October 12, 2020 #300 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Back to the high seas... which ship ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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