Derived metrics
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How big is it, really?
The Volendam's length overall, against things you already know the size of.
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 Volendam = 0.88 Titanics · 2.3 football pitches · 10 blue whales · 3.1 Boeing 747-8s laid end to end.
Plan a sailing on Volendam
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The numbers
| Length overall | ≈237.9 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | ≈32.2 m |
| Gross tonnage | ≈60,906 GT |
| Passengers | ≈1,432 (double) |
| Crew | ≈615 |
| Decks | 10 passenger decks |
| Speed | ≈22 kn |
| Entered service | November 1999 |
Put the Volendam next to something
Last verified: 2026-07-15 · Spot an error? business@luck.fyi
What makes it different
Volendam is the oldest ship Holland America runs and the smallest, at around 60,900 gross tons — roughly a quarter the size of the largest cruise ship in service today.
That is not a weakness in this fleet. The line's identity is built on long voyages to remote places rather than short Caribbean loops, and a 237-metre hull carrying 1,432 passengers can enter harbours where a 360-metre ship must anchor offshore or skip the call entirely.
She is the third Volendam, following ships of 1922 and 1958 — the line has been recycling its names for over a century, and every one of them has ended in -dam since Rotterdam sailed in 1872. It is the most consistently applied naming convention in passenger shipping.
The Volendam line
Rotterdam class (R class)
The Volendam name
Who operates the Volendam
All 1 operator of record, verified 2026-07-15. Figures marked ≈ are approximate.
HALHolland America LineGrand voyages, Alaska and long exploratory itineraries.1✓→