MS Volendam is a Rotterdam-class (R-class) cruise ship belonging to Holland America Line . She was built in 1999 and sails worldwide destinations for Holland America Line.[2] She is the third ship in the fleet with that name, after SS Volendam (1922–1952) and SS Volendam (1972–1984).
Design and construction
Ordered on 12 July 1996, and was to be built by Fincantieri Cantieri Navali, at the Marghera shipyard in Venice, Italy. Volendam is a Rotterdam-class (R-class) cruise ship, a design that was based on the extended hull size of the previous S-class it shared with three sister ships in the Holland America Line fleet; Zaandam, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. She follows the Rotterdam, the lead ship of her class, as the second ship launched in 1999. Volendam is 237 m long, has a 32.3 m beam, and an 8.1 m draft.[3]