Atlantic ships equipped for two-class transatlantic crossing and one-class luxury cruising. By the late 1960s, the golden era of transatlantic passenger ships had been ended by the introduction of transatlantic jet air travel. HAL ended transatlantic service during the early 1970s, leaving the North Atlantic passenger trade for Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2. In 1973, it sold its cargo shipping division, which continued to operate freight liner services with freighters, a Lighter aboard ship ('LASH' ship, mv Bilderdijk) and then container ships under the trade name of Incotrans, with headquarters in Rotterdam, with some of its North American services operated in partnership with the French shipping line Compagnie Générale Maritime. It ceased operating as a Dutch line in 1989, when it was purchased by Carnival for 1.2 billion guilders (€530 million). The proceeds were put into an investment company (HAL Investments), the majority of which is owned by the van der Vorm family. Former fleet (before 1989) List of HAL ships retired before the takeover by Carnival. , 1973–80 — Sank off of the coast of Alaska. (III), 1972–74, 1975–76, 1978–84 — Last in service for Commodore Cruise Line as Enchanted Isle (I), 1922–52 — 1940–45 Escaped to Britain in WW2, served as troop transport, returned to Rotterdam in 1945 (II), 1972–76, 1978–84 — Sister to SS Veendam (III); Last known as Universe Explorer of World Explorer Lines (I), 1898–1911 — Sold to the Allan Line SS Statendam (II) — Taken over before completion as the White Star Line's (III), 1929–40 — Scrapped after being set on fire to avoid capture at Rotterdam (IV), 1956–82 — Last in service for Regent Star as Regency. Inactive after Regent Star went bankrupt. (III) Torpedoed and sunk in convoy HX-133 on 27 Jun, 1941 by U-564 south of Iceland SS Maasdam (IV), 1952–68 — 1968–90 in service for Polish Ocean Lines as , scrapped Turkey 2000 , 1951–73 — Sank 2003 on way to breakers SS Waterman, 1951–63 — Launched January 16, 1945 Decommissioned 1970. SS Zuiderkruis, 1951–63 — Launched May 5, 1944 Decommissioned 1969. , 1951–63 — Launched June 17, 1944 Decommissioned 1971. SS Westerdam, 1945–65 — Combination first class passenger/cargo vessel; scrapped Spain 1965 MV Zaandam, 1939–42 — With passengers and 9200 tons of cargo was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Sao Roque, Brazil, with the loss of 134 of the 299 people on board. , 1937