Frühling

General properties

Callsign:

VDGK

Vessel type:

HD

Flag:

DU

Owner:

Unknown

Manager:

Unknown

Built in:

1907

Shipyard:

Ferdinand Schichau (Danzig)

Physical properties

Length (OA):

57 m

Width:

10.55 m

Depth:

4.63 m

Engine specs:

2-135ihp compound vertical condensing steam engines (1907);

Hopper volume:

612 m³

About this page

Status:

Historical

Timeframe:

1907 - 1921

Review:

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Last Updated

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About this equipment

She was built at Danzig Germany as the Fruhling.
-1921 - 1961 The Minister of Public Works, Ottawa, Canada and renamed P.W.D. No. 303,
-1961 - 1967 British Columbia Bridge Dredging Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC.
-1967 - ???? Sold to a Mexican interest.
Fate and destinmatio after 1967 unknown.

GT 910 t / GRT 410

She was originally powered by a 14hp steam engine, and repowered in 1921 with a 270 ihp steam engine.

Note: In 1914 Otto and Curt Fruhling patented revolutionary designs for suction heads for dredging equipment which was particularly effective in tenacious or heavy ground.
In 1921 they asked for patent in the USA.

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