Captain Stephen J. Card M.N.I.
Maritime Artist
Zuiderdam II is the first of four Vista-class ships and entered service in December 2002.
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Zuiderdam I (1940-1948) as she might have appeared if completed, on a winter day outbound for New York |
Zuiderdam II at anchor off a Caribbean island. |
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Zuiderdijk (1912-1922) steaming through the Straits of Dover c.1914 |
Dubbeldam (1891-1895) at anchor in The Narrows |
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Statendam IV (1956-1983) seen from the Maasdam IV as the two ships pass in mid-ocean c.1959 |
Rotterdam V (1959-1997) sailing away from Cape Town |
Oosterdam was the second of the four Vista-class ship and was officially christened in her homeport of Rotterdam on 29 June 2003 by Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, godchild of the Dutch merchant fleet.
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Oosterdam on her maiden voyage, cruising the Norwegian waters. |
Oosterdijk (1913-1918) at the entrance of the Nieuwe Waterweg in the summer of 1914. |
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Leerdam (1921-1954) pitching in a heavy swell while heading across the Atlantic towards the Florida Straits and on to Havana. |
Nieuw Amsterdam II (1938-1974) making her first-ever transit of the Panama Canal on 17 March 1939. |
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Ryndam II (1951-1971) in the Suez Canal on her first voyage to Australia in November 1964. |
Rotterdam V (1959-1997) , running up the English Channel as seen from from Maasdam IV. |
All images are copyright © by and used with permission of Captain Card.
Larger images and more information of the ships can be found in his books:
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Published by Carmania Press, London. ISBN 0-9543666-5-4 |
Published by Carmania Press, London. ISBN 0-9543666-4-6 |
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19 January 2004. Revised 20 February 2008.
