Special MRD station – SS ROTTERDAM c/s PHEG
Another Special station will take part during the next MRD with callsign PI4HAL. SS Rotterdam, also known as “The Grande Dame”, is a former ocean liner and cruise ship, and has been a hotel ship in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, since 2010. She was launched by Queen Jualiana of the Netherlands in a gala ceremony on 13 September 1958, and was completed the following summer. The Rotterdam was the last great Dutch “ship of state”, employing the finest artisans from the Netherlands in her construction and fitting out process. Her career spanned forty-one years. She sailed from 1959 until her final retirement in September 2000 when became an Hotel ship.
Radio Room c/s PHEG
SS “Rotterdam” radio room before GMDSS – receivers consolle
SS “Rotterdam” radio room before GMDSS – view of transmitters
SS Rotterdam details:
| Tonnage: | 38,645 gross tons |
| Displacement: | 31,530 tons |
| Length: | 228.0 m (748 ft) |
| Beam: | 28.71 m (94.1 ft) |
| Height: | 49.8 m (163.5 ft) |
| Draft: | 9.04 m (29.6 ft) |
| Decks: | 10 |
| Installed power: | 38,000 horsepower @ 135.5 RPM |
| Propulsion: | 2 steam turbines manufactured by de Schelde, Vlissingen (Flushing), Netherlands
4 V2M 640PSI Boilers (3 active, 1 reserve), designed by Combustion Engineering and manufactured by de Schelde |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots |
| Capacity: | 1,456 passengers |
| Crew: | 776 officers and crew |
SS ROTTERDAM website: http://ssrotterdam.com/
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