General properties
Vessel type:
BLD
Flag:
EG
Built in:
1908
Shipyard:
Yard number:
640
Physical properties
Length BP:
92.96 m
Width:
14.33 m
Depth:
6.16 m
Engine specs:
Twin T3cyl 1300ihp 2-screw
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Status:
Historical
Last updated
4 months 3 weeks ago
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About this equipment
Subsequent owner and registration history
1908 Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, Paris - Egypt flag1956 Suez Canal Authority, Ismailiah
Remarks
Largest bucket dredger in the world when built. Seagoing - hopper-dredger design, based on PTOLOMEE (Lobnitz Yd 585)Additional dredging equipment engine of 600ihp.
End year
Fate / Status
1956
Scuttled 31/10/1956
Disposal Detail
Scuttled by Egyptians by explosives as blockship at Port Said.
Raised in 1957 by US Navy, requiring 40 days of patching explosion holes and pumping. Probably scrapped
SOURCE: http://www.clydeships.co.uk
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