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{{Short description|Passenger ship built for the Holland-America Line.}}
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| Ship image = W.A. Scholten (schip, 1874-1878).jpg
| Ship caption = The ''W. A. Scholten'' between 1874 and 1878
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{{Infobox ship career
| Ship name = W.A. Scholten
|Ship builder=[[Robert Napier and Sons|Robert Napier & Sons]], Glasgow
|Ship launched=16 February 1874
| Ship operator = [[Holland-America Line]]
|Ship fate= Sank after collision
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|Ship type= [[Ocean Liner]]
|Ship tonnage= {{convert|2589|grt|abbr=on}}
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|Ship length={{cvt|112.16|m|ftin}}
|Ship beam={{cvt|11.58|m|ftin}}
|Ship draft={{cvt|8.68|m|ftin}}
|Ship sail plan=3 masts
|Ship power={{convert|360|hp}}
|Ship propulsion=compound inverted engine, single shaft and screw
|Ship speed= {{convert|11|kn}} max<ref name="SMHD">{{Cite web|title=W. A. Scholten|url=http://www.halpostcards.com/unofficial/ships/scholten.html}}</ref>
|Ship capacity=24 First, 18 Second (After refit) and 500 Third Class <ref name="SMHD"/>
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[[Image:Stoomschip_de_W.A._Scholten,_1878.jpg|thumb|Drawing of the ''W. A. Scholten'' (1878)]]

'''SS ''W. A. Scholten''''' was a [[passenger ship]] built for the Dutch shipping company [[Holland-America Line]]. Her [[ceremonial ship launching|launching]] took place on February 16, 1874, and the ship was handed over on April 11, 1874, which was used as an [[ocean liner]] on the [[North Atlantic]] and carried passengers, freight, and mail from [[Rotterdam]] to [[New York City|New York]] between 1874 and 1887. On November 19, 1887, the steamer sank after a ship collision in the [[English Channel]], killing 132 people.<ref>{{cite web|title=SS W. A. Scholten|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?41}}</ref> The ship was named after [[Willem Albert Scholten]], an industrialist from Groningen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dodenakkers.nl/artikelen-overzicht/beroemd/maatschappij/scholten.html?dt=1646386980373 |title=Scholten, Willem Albert |website=Doden Akkers |access-date=4 March 2022 |language=nl |author=Marten Mulder |date=15 July 2002}}</ref>

==History==
The ship was built at [[Robert Napier and Sons|Robert Napier & Sons shipyard]] of [[Glasgow]] and was launched on February 16, 1874. She and her sister ship the P. Caland were handed over to Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij, better known as [[Holland America Line]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Screw Steamer W A SCHOLTEN|url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=18566}}</ref> On May 16, 1874, departed on her Ten-day long maiden voyage from Rotterdam to the New York route. She would continued this service until she departed on what would be her last voyage. On 18 November 1887, when she was struck by another ship, the ''Rosa Mary''. The Scholten suffered severe damage with a 2.43 meters (7.9&nbsp;ft) wide hole in her port bow. As the water flooded the ship, the captain ordered everyone to abandon the ship. She was sunk on 19 November 1887.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of shipwreck off the coast of dover - W. A. Scholten|url=http://www.canterburydivers.org.uk/wrecks.html#scholten}}</ref>

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061006095329/http://www.dover-subaqua-club.co.uk/pages/local_recks.html#Sch W.A. Scholten in list of shipwrecks off the coast of Dover] on Internet Archive

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