| Name: | HOLLAND |
| Launched: | 23/01/1902 |
| Completed: | 04/1902 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 235 |
| Dimensions: | 432grt, 155nrt, 150.0 x 28.1 x 12.3ft; (1906 (446grt, 140nrt)) |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (13, 21 & 35 x 24ins), 143nhp, 927ihp, 12.0kts |
| Engines by: | GT Grey, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 99477 |
| History: | |
| 08/04/1902 | Durham W Fitzgerald, South Shields |
| 04/1902 | SH Muntz, Boulogne |
| 24/04/1902 | Registered at Boulogne |
| 10/1904 | Compagnie Franco-Hollando-Américaine, Boulogne |
| 1952 | Chambre de Commerce de Boulogne, Boulogne |
| 1961 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Classed as a tug/tender and based at Boulogne. Certified for 432 x passengers |
| 1902: Representative for Nederlandsche-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij (Holland America Line), Rotterdam)) | |
| 14/08/1914: Requisitioned by the Marine Nationale as an Auxiliary Patrol Vessel | |
| 01/03/1919: Returned to owners | |
| 08/1939: Laid up at Boulogne | |
| 06/1940: Seized by German occupation forces and used as a regular ferry between | |
| St Malo and the Channel Islands (including transporting troops and forced labour) | |
| Used as such until 03/1944 and renamed BS III for the duration | |
| 08/1944: Scuttled at St Malo | |
| 1945: Raised, repaired & returned to owner and to service | |
| 1961: Broken up at Boulogne | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Above: As completed by JT Eltringham
Above: In the white livery of the Holland America Line. Photo is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo of a ship model is courtesy of John Bage
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 12/04/1902