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{{Short description|Vista Class cruise ship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
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| Ship caption = ''Zuiderdam'' departing from [[Dubrovnik]]
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{{Infobox ship career
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| Ship name = ''Zuiderdam''
| Ship namesake = Named for the southern compass point
| Ship operator = [[Holland America Line]]
| Ship ordered = 
| Ship awarded = 
| Ship builder = [[Fincantieri]]
| Ship yard number = Marghera 6075<ref name="FoF">{{Cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/zuiderdam_2002.htm |title=M/S ''Zuiderdam'' (2002) |access-date=22 December 2007 |author=Micke Asklander |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=sv}}</ref>
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| Ship launched = 14 December 2001<ref name="FoF" />
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| Ship acquired = 15 November 2002<ref name="FoF" />
| Ship maiden voyage = 14 December 2002<ref name="FoF" />
| Ship in service = 14 December 2002<ref name="FoF" />
| Ship out of service = 
| Ship identification = *[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]] PBIG
*{{IMO Number|9221279}}
*{{MMSI|245304000}}<ref name="info">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=245304000&language=_EN |title=Vessel details ZUIDERDAM |access-date=9 April 2010 |date=9 April 2010}}</ref>
| Ship registry = [[Rotterdam]], {{NLD}}
| Ship fate = 
| Ship status = In service
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Ship class = {{sclass2|Vista|cruise ship|||2002}}
| Ship tonnage = *{{GT|81,769}}
*{{DWT|10,965}}<ref name="info"/>
| Ship displacement = 
| Ship length = 285m / 935ft
| Ship beam = {{convert|32|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="info"/>
| Ship height = {{convert|57.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}} keel to funnel top{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}
| Ship draught = {{convert|7.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} max
| Ship power = *1 × GE LM 2500 [[gas turbine]],<ref name="GE"/> [[Sulzer (manufacturer)|Sulzer]] (now [[Wärtsilä]]) ZAV40S 3 × 16-cylinder [[diesel engine|diesels]], 2 × 12-cylinder diesels
*combined {{convert|51840|kW|lk=on|abbr=on}}<ref name="123Seashores"/><ref name="Marinelink"/>
| Ship propulsion = [[Azipod]]
| Ship speed = *{{convert|24|kn|lk=in}} (maximum)
*{{convert|22|kn}} (service)
| Ship capacity = *1,916 passengers<ref name="ms Zuiderdam info"/>
*2,272 passengers (maximum)<ref name="Ward">{{Cite book |title=Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships |last=Ward |first=Douglas |year=2006 |publisher=Berlitz |location=Singapore |isbn=981-246-739-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/berlitz2006compl00doug }}</ref>
| Ship crew = 842<ref name="Ward" />
| Ship decks = 11 passenger decks, 15 total
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'''MS ''Zuiderdam''''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|z|aɪ|d|ər|d|æ|m}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships |last=Ward |first=Douglas |year=2007 |publisher=Berlitz |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-246-984-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/berlitz2007compl00doug/page/674 674] |url=https://archive.org/details/berlitz2007compl00doug/page/674 }}</ref> is a {{sclass2|Vista|cruise ship|||2002}} owned and operated by [[Holland America Line]] (HAL). It is the [[lead ship]] of the Vista-class vessels, so named for the extensive use of glass in their [[superstructure]], and is [[Sister ship|sister]] to three other HAL ships, {{MS|Oosterdam||2}}, {{MS|Westerdam||2}}, and {{MS|Noordam||2}}. The prefixes of the four ships' names represent the four directions of the compass in Dutch.

The ship shares similar exterior dimensions with [[Carnival Cruise Lines]]' and [[Costa Cruises]]' {{sclass|Spirit|cruise ship|4}}. [[Cunard Line]]'s {{MS|Queen Victoria||2}} is an enlarged version of the same design, as is HAL's Signature class.

As with all Vista-class ships, ''Zuiderdam'' is equipped with a [[diesel-electric]] power plant and an [[Azipod]] propulsion system, and eighty-five percent of her staterooms have ocean views and sixty-seven percent have [[verandah]]s. Her art collection carries a Venetian theme throughout the ship; the most dazzling features figures in the time of Carnival in Venice, created by Daniel Ogier.<ref name="ms Zuiderdam info">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollandamerica.com/cruiseships/Zuiderdam|publisher=Holland America Lines|title=ms ''Zuiderdam''|access-date=13 May 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514232928/http://www.hollandamerica.com/cruiseships/Zuiderdam|archive-date=14 May 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Service history==
[[File:MS ZUIDERDAM at night.jpg|thumb|left|''MS Zuiderdam'' at [[Hook of Holland]] on 16 August 2019]]
''Zuiderdam'' was christened by American broadcaster [[Joan Lunden]] at [[Port Everglades]] on 14 December 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=Distinguished Journalist Joan Lunden to Be Godmother to ms Zuiderdam, Holland America Line's Newest Ship|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Distinguished+Journalist+Joan+Lunden+to+Be+Godmother+to+ms+Zuiderdam,...-a093423639|work=PR Newswire|access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref> Between October and April, ''Zuiderdam'' largely runs a southern Caribbean itinerary which includes a half-transit of the [[Panama Canal]] through the Gatun Locks. From May to September, the vessel travels to Alaska or the Northern Europe/Baltic region.

On 9 June 2019, the ship's departure from the [[Kiel]] was delayed when members of the climate activist group ''[[Smash Cruiseshit]]'' used smaller boats to block the seaport.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20190610/environmentalists-blockade-german-cruise-ships|title=Climate activists use small boats to blockade cruise ship in German harbour|publisher=Local|language=en|date=10 June 2019|access-date=14 June 2019}}</ref>

==Technical information==
[[File:Zuiderdam.jpg|thumb|''MS Zuiderdam'' in [[Akureyri]] on 23 June 2023]]
The machinery spaces of ''Zuiderdam'' are vast and stretch along with two of its lowest decks for the most part of the vessel.

MS ''Zuiderdam'' is powered by a [[CODAG]] propulsion system encompassing five (three 16-cylinder and two 12-cylinder) [[Sulzer (manufacturer)|Sulzer]] ZAV40S diesel engines (built under license by Grandi Motori Trieste, now owned by [[Wärtsilä]], in Trieste, Italy)<ref name="123Seashores">{{Cite web|url=http://123seashores.com/cruises/ms-zuiderdam |title=Ms. Zuiderdam |access-date=8 April 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Marinelink">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinelink.com/News/Article/M-S-Zuiderdam-Modern-With-Elegant-Taste/305663.aspx |title=M/S Zuiderdam: Modern With Elegant Taste |access-date=8 April 2010 |date=12 February 2003}}</ref><ref name="Italy">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wartsila.com/it,en,aboutus,0,generalcontent,FBEAF908-E1A4-425F-9625-A980A713A555,C55852AE-50A7-40A4-AB68-BDB5B35DCC5B,,.htm |title=Wärtsilä In Italy |access-date=18 March 2010 |date=18 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="Sulzer">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lme.ntua.gr/repos/lessons/resiliently.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721082331/http://www.lme.ntua.gr/repos/lessons/resiliently.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 July 2011 |title=Propulsion Engines for Cruise Ships |access-date=18 March 2010 |date=May 1991 }}</ref> and a [[GE LM2500]] [[Gas Turbine]]. ''Zuiderdam'' was the first Holland America Line ship to use a CODAG propulsion arrangement, a GE LM2500 turbine or ABB Azipod propulsors.<ref name="GE">{{Cite web|url=http://www.geae.com/aboutgeae/presscenter/marine/marine_200334a.html |publisher=General Electric – Aviation |title=Holland America's Zuiderdam Cruises Using GE Gas Turbine |access-date=8 April 2010 |date=4 March 2003}}</ref><ref name="ABB">{{Cite web|url=http://www.maritime-suppliers.com/imidocs/90580P001%20Marine%20Brochure.pdf |title=90580P001 Marine Brochure |access-date=8 April 2010 |date=Apr 2004 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>  It is propelled by two 17.62 MW, 160 rpm synchronous freshwater-cooled ABB Azipod propulsors.

The ship has the option to plugin whilst in port (and turnoff the engines), a process known as [[cold ironing]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-05 |title=Cruise Ship Store Loading and Cold Ironing {{!}} Port Economics, Management and Policy |url=https://porteconomicsmanagement.org/pemp/contents/part7_1/cruises-ports/cruise-ship-store-loading-cold-ironing/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Past ''Zuiderdams''==
The first vessel with the "Zuider" prefix was launched in 1912 as the 5,211-ton cargo ship ''Zuiderdijk''; at the time, "dijk" or "dyk" was the suffix used for cargo vessels, "dam" was used for passenger ships.  She sailed between [[Rotterdam]] and [[Savannah, Georgia]], for Holland America through 1922 as well as during [[World War I]] as a transport.

The second [[Holland America Line|NASM]] ship to have the name prefix "Zuider", and the first to be whole "Zuiderdam", was launched from a shipyard in Rotterdam for outfitting in 1941. However, on 28 August 1941, she was damaged by a [[British Armed Forces|British]] [[airstrike|air raid]]. The ensuing blaze was fought for at least two days with sergeant W. Ollesch from the German Fire Regiment "Sachsen" killed while fighting the fire aboard the ship on 30 August 1941. The [[Nazi Germany|Germans]] raised her hull and re-floated her by 25 July 1942 only to be [[Scuttling|scuttled]] in order to block the port of Rotterdam to [[Allies of World War II|Allied forces]] by 22 September 1944. She was raised a final time after [[World War II]], but the ship was never completed.<ref name="News Release - December 6, 2002">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollandamerica.com/news/NewsRelease.action?newsReleaseId=109 |publisher=[[Holland America Line]]s |work=News release |title=Names Of Holland America's Vista Series Ships Reflect Deep Roots In Shipping Tradition |date=6 December 2002 |access-date=17 August 2008}}</ref><ref name="Sheepvaartnieuws">{{Cite web|url=http://scheepvaartnieuws.punt.nl/?a=2008-08 |language=nl, vls |title=Sheepvaartnieuws |date=28 August 2008 |access-date=8 April 2010}}</ref>

==References==
===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
{{refbegin}}
* {{Plowman-Aust Cruise Ships}}
* {{Saunders-Giants of the Seas}}
* {{Smith-Cruise Ships-2010}}
{{refend}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|IMO 9221279}}
* [https://www.hollandamerica.com/en_US/cruise-ships/ms-zuiderdam/4.html Official Zuiderdam page]
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/cruise-ships/12498/Zuiderdam-review.html ''"Zuiderdam"''] – review by Douglas Ward in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', London.

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