LES MOREES CLAMSHELL DREDGER

General properties

IMO number: 
8640026
Callsign: 
FITH
Vessel type: 
GD Cranebarge
Flag: 
FR
Built in: 
1930

Physical properties

Length BP: 
50.45 m
Width: 
8.50 m
Deadweight: 
725 tons
Hopper volume: 
350 m³

About this page

Status: 
Historical
Review: 
New owner

Last updated

4 months 3 weeks ago

About this equipment

The IMO number suggests she may have been in naval service in her early days.
Owners  have been EMCC - Enterprise Morillon Corvol Courbot SNC and GIE Dragages Ports, In 2005 spotted in Agadir as a fishing boats assistannd unit.
."Les Morees" was built by the Ateliers et Chantriers de la Loire in St. Nazaire as a 350 cubic meter clamshell carrier for the Service de Ponts et Chaussees of the Departement de la Loire Inferieur. The crane is a later addition. Rebuilt in? with diesel engine. A beautiful photo taken during his service in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie for the Societe de Travaux Publics Voisin (1971 - 1977) is published by Jean-Yves Brouard, Les Bateaux de Servitude, page 31.
 

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