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Eurodam

Holland America Line · Cruise · In service · built by Fincantieri

Eurodam entered service in 2008 at around 86,273 GT, introducing the Signature class and several restaurants the fleet still runs.

Length overall285.3 m
Beam32.2 m
Gross tonnage86,273 GT
Passengers2,104
Speed23.9 kn
Delivered2008
Our numbers

Derived metrics

Computed by ships.fyi from the core specification — see how we calculate these.

Passengers per metre#104 of 116
7.4 pax/m passengers (double occupancy) ÷ length overall
Length-to-beam ratio#20 of 142
8.86 length overall ÷ beam
Sense of scale

How big is it, really?

The Eurodam's length overall, against things you already know the size of.

Eurodam285.3 m
Eiffel Tower (height)330 m
Titanic269.06 m
Football pitch105 m
Boeing 747-876.3 m
Blue whale25 m
You (probably)1.75 m

The 747-8 held the longest-airliner record for over a decade, until Boeing's 777-9 took it by about 19 inches (76.72 m) — our sibling site aircraft.fyi measures everything that flies the same way.

One Eurodam = 1.06 Titanics · 2.7 football pitches · 11 blue whales · 3.7 Boeing 747-8s laid end to end.

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Specification

The numbers

Length overall≈285.3 m
Beam≈32.2 m
Gross tonnage≈86,273 GT
Passengers≈2,104 (double)
Crew≈929
Decks12 passenger decks
Speed≈23.9 kn
Entered serviceJuly 2008
GodmotherQueen Beatrix of the Netherlands

Last verified: 2026-07-15 · Spot an error? business@luck.fyi

The story

What makes it different

Eurodam opened the Signature class in 2008 and was christened by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands — Holland America is American-owned and Seattle-based, but the Dutch connection is maintained deliberately, from the registry in Rotterdam to the -dam suffix on every hull.

She introduced Tamarind, the pan-Asian restaurant, and the private Retreat cabanas, both of which spread across the fleet afterwards. At around 86,000 gross tons she is comfortably mid-sized by current standards, which suits the line's long itineraries.

Crucially she fits the original Panama Canal locks as well as the new ones — a constraint the larger Pinnacle ships gave up, and one that still matters for a line that sails to every continent and builds itineraries around canal transits.

The class

The Eurodam line

Signature class
Lead ship of two. Fits both the original and the new Panama Canal locks, unlike the Pinnacle ships.
Operators

Who operates the Eurodam

All 1 operator of record, verified 2026-07-15. Figures marked ≈ are approximate.

HALHolland America LineCaribbean, Alaska and European itineraries.1
Quick answers

Eurodam, asked and answered

How long is the Eurodam?
285.3 m (936 ft) length overall — the #125 longest of the 142 ships on ships.fyi, and 2.7 football pitches end to end.
How big is the Eurodam compared to the Titanic?
The Eurodam is 1.06× the Titanic's length — 285.3 m against her 269.06 m. By volume the gap is starker still: 86,273 GT against Titanic's 46,328 GRT — roughly 1.9 times the tonnage, measured across two different rule eras.
Who operates the Eurodam?
Holland America Line. Current status: in service.
Does the Eurodam fit through the Panama Canal?
Yes — at 285.3 m by 32.2 m on a 7.8 m draft, the Eurodam fits the original Panamax locks, and the larger Neopanamax locks with ease.