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Fleet list:
 TypeName of ship  SortYear Built   SortConstruction Shipyard   SortTonnage (burthen)   Sort
  S/SCastor1870 A. & J. Inglis 1 520 gross 
  S/SEdam (1)1881 A. McMillan & Son 2 950 gross 
  S/SAmsterdam (1)1879 A. McMillan & Son 2 949 gross 
  S/SSchiedam1874 A. McMillan & Son 2 236 gross 
  S/SPotsdam1899 Blohm & Voss 12 606 gross 
  S/SDubbeldam1891 Bonn & Mees 2 700 gross 
  S/SObdam1880 Harland & Wolff 3 245 gross 
  S/SAmsterdam (2)1879 Harland & Wolff 3 629 gross 
  S/SEdam (3)1878 Harland & Wolff 3 329 gross 
  S/SMaasdam (2)1871 Harland & Wolff 3 984 gross 
  S/SNieuw Amsterdam (1)1906 Harland & Wolff 16 967 gross 
  S/SNoordam1901 Harland & Wolff 12 531 gross 
  S/SPennland1920 Harland & Wolff 16 381 gross 
  S/SRijndam1901 Harland & Wolff 12 340 gross 
  S/SRotterdam (2)1878 Harland & Wolff 3 329 gross 
  S/SRotterdam (4)1908 Harland & Wolff 24 149 gross 
  S/SWesternland1917 Harland & Wolff 16 479 gross 
  S/SWerkendam1881 Harland & Wolff 3 657 gross 
  S/SSpaarndam (1)1881 Harland & Wolff 4 539 gross 
  S/SVolendam1922 Harland & Wolff 15 434 gross 
  S/SStatendam1924 Harland & Wolff 29 511 gross 
  S/SStatendam1898 Harland & Wolff 10 492 gross 
  S/SVeendam (1)1871 Harland & Wolff 4 036 gross 
  S/SVeendam (2)1922 Harland & Wolff 15 450 gross 
  S/SRotterdam (3)1897 Harland & Wolff 8 320 gross 
  S/SMaas1872 Henderson, Coulborn & Co. 1 705 gross 
  S/SMaas1872 Henderson, Coulborn & Co. 1 705 gross 
  S/SRotterdam (1)1872 Henderson, Coulborn & Co. 1 694 gross 
  S/SEdam (4)1921 Koninklijke Mij de Schelde 8 871 gross 
  M/SNoordam (2)1938 Machinefabreiken Scheepswerf van P. Smit 10 762 gross 
  S/SMaasdam (3)1920 Maatschappij Fijenoord 8 812 gross 
  S/SLeerdam1881 Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mij 2 796 gross 
  S/SZaandam1882 Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mij 3 063 gross 
  S/SEdam (2)1883 Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mij 3 130 gross 
  S/SDidam1891 Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mij 2 751 gross 
  S/SLeerdam (1)1881 Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mij 2 796 gross 
  S/SLeerdam (2)1920 Nieuwe Waterweg 8 854 gross 
  S/SSpaarndam (2)1922 Nieuwe Waterweg 8 857 gross 
  S/SW. A. Scholten1874 Robert Napier & Sons 2 529 gross 
  S/SP. Cland1874 Robert Napier & Sons 2 540 gross 
  S/SNieuw Amsterdam (2)1937 Rotterdamsche Droogdok Mij 36 287 gross 
  M/SZaandam (2)1938 Wilton-Fijenoord 10 909 gross 

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Some companies may have had additional ships in their fleets to those mentioned above. They might not have been included if the ships were not engaged in the conveyance of emigrants. Some ships mentioned in the fleet lists may have been chartered from other companies, see the ship's description and history for more details.
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