An item reported the departure on last Saturday from
the shipyard Gusto (firm A.F. Smulders), Schiedam, Netherlands of the suction-
and press dredger Don Ricardo towards Buenos Aires, Argentina towed by the
Dutch tug Poolzee of L. Smit&Co.’s Internationale Sleepdienst. . She was
built for South American account. Dimensions 35 x 6,5 x 3 (hold) metres. Fitted
out with 1-320 ihp main compound engine for the sand suction pump and an
auxiliary 100 ihp compound engine for the centrifugal water pump. Further more
three steam winches for all necessary tasks like lifting anchors and pipes. Two boilers each with a heating
surface of 90
square metres and 8 atmosphere pressure. Capacity of 500
cubic metres/hour and a suction depth of 12 metres below the waterline
able to press the mud away over a distance of 500 metres and a height
of 5 metres.
Note
1. Yard number 331,
built in 1908 for account of Pacific Railways.
