An item reported the departure from the shipyard Gusto
(firm A.F. Smulders), Schiedam, Netherlands by the seagoing dredger Po towards Venice, Italy.
Fitted out with two screws a press pump and built for account of the Italian
government. The Schiedamsche Courant of the 29th reported that the
departure was on Thursday. Dimensions 30 x 6 x 2,2 metres. Compound
steam engine of 150 ihp 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
8 knots. Used her own engine for the voyage towards Venice. (1)
Note
1. Yard number 342,
called a seagoing profile suction dredger built for the Italian Department of
Public Works.
