An item reported the launching at the shipyard Gusto
(firm A.F. Smulders), Schiedam,
Netherlands two
days earlier [29th June] of the steel hull of a seagoing suction
dredger Arno with press pump and 2 screws built for account of the Italian
government. Dimensions 30 x 6 x 2,20 (depth) metres. One 150 ihp compound
engine of the naval type with surface condensation for the sand pump and
screws, a steam winch on the bow for the anchor and suction pipe and on a aft
ships a second steam winch. One boiler with a heating surface of 60 square metres
and 8 atmosphere. Suction capacity 400 cubic metres/hour from a working depth
of 7 metres
and able to press the mud away via a floating pipe with a length of 100 metres. Speed around
6 knots (1)
Note
1. Yard number 365 for
the Italian Department of Public Works.
