Statistics

• The Statendam was 515.3 feet in length and measured 59.8 feet from the bottom of its hull to the top of its funnel. It had a cargo capacity area of 10,492 cubic feet. The Statendam accommodated 2,375 passengers and had a top traveling speed of 14 knots.
  
  

Launching

• On May 7, 1898, the Statendam was launched from the shipyard. Once Holland America finished adding the internal furnishings, the ship embarked on its first cruise, from Rotterdam to New York, on August 24 of that same year.
  
  

Change of Name

• The SS Statendam remained with the Holland American Line for 13 years, before being bought in 1911 by the Allen Line, which renamed her the Scotian.
  
  

War Time

• During World War I, the Scotian served first as a troop deployment vessel and later as a prisoner-of-war holding facility. In 1917, the ship changed hands again, sailing for the Canadian Pacific Line before being chartered by the British government in 1921.
  
  

Last Years

• The Scotian underwent one final name change in 1922, becoming the Marglen. She sailed under this name for just five more years. In 1927 the ship made her last journey, to Genoa, Italy, where she was taken apart and scrapped.