USS Zeelandia
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USS Zeelandia was an ocean liner that was built in Scotland in 1910 and scrapped in the Netherlands in 1936. She was the largest ship in the Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd (KHL) fleet from 1910 until the liners Gelria and Tubantia were completed in 1913 and 1914. She was USS Zeelandia from April 1918 until October 1919, when she was a United States Navy troopship.
Building
In 1909 KHL took delivery of two new twin-screw sister ships for its route between the Netherlands and the Río de la Plata. Hollandia was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons in Glasgow, and Frisia was built by Koninklijke Maatschappij 'De Schelde' in Vlissingen. Each had a registered length of about 420 ft (130 m) and tonnage of more than 7,000 GRT. In 1910 Alexander Stephen & Sons built one ship to a slightly enlarged version of the design, which was launched as Zeelandia.
Zeelandia was built as yard number 436, launched on 26 April 1910, and completed that June. Her registered length was 440.0 ft (134.1 m), her beam was 55.7 ft (17.0 m) and her depth was 34.0 ft (10.4 m). Her tonnages were 7,995 GRT, 4,960 NRT and 7,420 DWT. She had berths for 1,064 passengers: 102 first class, 108 2nd class, and 854 steerage. Her holds had capacity for 282,000 cu ft (8,000 m3) of grain or 267,000 cu ft (7,600 m3) of baled cargo.
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