General properties
Vessel type:
GHD
Built in:
1907
Shipyard:
Yard number:
57
Physical properties
Length OA:
42.76 m
Width:
8.87 m
Depth:
3.51 m
Engine specs:
Muir & Houston Ltd - C2cyl (16 & 33 x 22ins)
Speed:
9.00 knts
Bucket capacity (standard):
1.08 m³
Hopper volume:
255 m³
Dredging depth:
12.19 m
About this page
Status:
Historical
Timeframe:
1907
Review:
Scrapped
Last updated
4 months 3 weeks ago
About this equipment
Built for the Waterford Harbour Commissioners. 401 grt / 165 nrt /62nhp ON.: 102006
Portlairge worked on the River Suir from September 1907 until late 1982, has since then sat abandoned on slobland near Saltmills, County Wexford for over 35 years. She was deleted from Lloyd's Register in 1958 as hulked. Efforts to preserve the dredger, being the last working steam dredger in Ireland failed, so she is was still lying abandoned and derelict in Bannow Bay near Saltmills, County Wexford in 2017.
Sources: : https://waterford-news.ie and https://shippingandshipbuilding.uk
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