{"id":44325,"date":"2026-02-17T19:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=44325"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:04:34","slug":"koningsdam-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=44325","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=44312\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"44312\">Back to&nbsp;Ship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>LOI<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26\/10\/2012<\/td><td>Building contract.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4\/2\/2014<\/td><td>Building started<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/12\/2013<\/td><td>Keel laid <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22\/8\/2014<\/td><td>Launch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/1\/2016<\/td><td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16\/1\/2016<\/td><td>Second sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21\/3\/2016<\/td><td>Delivered to Holland America Line NV, Seattle WA, USA., Rotterdam, Netherlands.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/4\/2016<\/td><td>Mediterranean cruises from Civitavecchia.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22\/5\/2016<\/td><td>Northern Europe cruises from Amsterdam.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>30\/9\/2016<\/td><td>Mediterranean cruises from Civitavecchia.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/10\/2016<\/td><td>Transatlantic from Civitavecchia to Fort Laudertale.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9\/11\/2016<\/td><td>Cruises on Caribbean from Fort Laudertale.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22\/3\/2017<\/td><td>Transatlantic from Fort Laudertale to Civitavecchia.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14\/5\/2017<\/td><td>Northern Europe cruises from Amsterdam.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/10\/2017<\/td><td>Transatlantic from Civitavecchia to Fort Laudertale.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18\/10\/2017<\/td><td>Cruises on Caribbean from Fort Laudertale.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28\/3\/2018<\/td><td>Transatlantic from Fort Laudertale to Civitavecchia.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/4\/2018<\/td><td>Mediterranean cruises from Civitavecchia.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13\/5\/2018<\/td><td>Northern Europe cruises from Amsterdam.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28\/9\/2018<\/td><td>Mediterranean cruises from Civitavecchia.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/11\/2018<\/td><td>Cruises on Caribbean from Fort Laudertale.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2019<\/td><td>Cruises on Caribbean from Fort Laudertale.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20\/4\/2019<\/td><td>Mediterranean cruises from Civitavecchia.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13\/11\/2019<\/td><td>Cruises on Caribbean from Fort Laudertale.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/4\/2020<\/td><td>Cruises from Buenos Aires and Callao.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/5\/2020<\/td><td>Alaskan cruises from Vancouver planned , but cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020-21<\/td><td>Laid up.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/2021<\/td><td>Cruises on Caribbean from San Diego.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/4\/2022<\/td><td>Alaskan cruises from Vancouver.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/11\/2022<\/td><td>Cruises on Caribbean from San Diego.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/4\/2023<\/td><td>Alaskan cruises from Vancouver.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28\/10\/2023<\/td><td>Cruises on Caribbean from San Diego.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27\/4\/2024<\/td><td>Alaskan cruises from Vancouver.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26\/10\/2024<\/td><td>Cruises on Caribbean from San Diego.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/4\/2025<\/td><td>Alaskan cruises from Vancouver.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21\/10\/2025<\/td><td>Cruises on Caribbean from San Diego.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18\/11\/2025<\/td><td>Cruises on Caribbean from Fort Laudertale.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/5\/2026<\/td><td>Alaskan cruises from Vancouver.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20\/10\/2026<\/td><td>Cruises on Caribbean from San Diego.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7\/4\/2027<\/td><td>Alaskan cruises from Vancouver.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19\/2\/2028<\/td><td>Cruises on Caribbean from San Diego.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to&nbsp;Ship &nbsp; 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