Babin Chevaye - trailing suction hopper dredger

General properties

Vessel type: 
TSHD/SHD
Flag: 
FR
Built in: 
1896

Physical properties

Length OA: 
48.00 m
Width: 
8.60 m
Depth: 
2.94 m
Deadweight: 
409 tons
Number of engines: 
2
Engine specs: 
F. Voruz fils & Co Nantes
Total power: 
95 kW
Dredging depth: 
6.00 m
Dredging depth (extended): 
9.00 m
Number of dredging pipes: 
1

About this page

Status: 
Historical
Timeframe: 
1896 to 1944
Review: 
Lost

Last updated

2 weeks 3 days ago

About this equipment

Sunk in 1944 in the Herault river near Agde. Raised after the war in 1946 by Neptune and scrapped.
Could dredge as a SHD or a TSHD

Technical files and data sheets

No files available

Images

Babin Chevaye or her sistership Bonne Anse. Babin Chevaye in drydock at Paimboeuf