A number of steamships were named Spaarndam, including:

  • SS Spaarndam (1881), launched as SS Arabic in 1881 for the White Star Line. Sold to the Holland America Line in 1890 and renamed to Spaarndam. Broken up in 1901.
  • SS Spaarndam (1922), launched in 1922 for the Holland America Line. Struck a mine and sank in the North Sea in 1939 with the loss of five lives (four crew and the only passenger).[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "SS Spaarndam [+1939]". The Wrecksite. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Spaarndam (2) (1922 - 1939) WO2" (in Dutch). Vereniging de Lijn. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ramp der Spaarndam eischt vijf dooden". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Amsterdam. 28 November 1939. Retrieved 22 November 2021 – via Delpher.
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