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Friday 14 February 2020
French/Chilean bucket dredger Aldovisi built at Schiedam, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Schiedamsche Courant dated 27 October 1910
An item reported the
launching that morning at the shipyard Gusto (firm A.F. Smulders), Schiedam, Netherlands
of the steam dredger Talcahuano destined towards
Toong-gin, China. The newspaper Schiedamsche
Courant dated 29th supplied different details. An item reported the
launching a day earlier at the shipyard Gusto (firm A.F. Smulders), Schiedam, Netherlands
the steel made hull of a steam suction dredger built for French account.
Dimensions 41 x 7,50 x 3,30
metres. To be fitted with two main engines each of 250
hp and the necessary steam winches and further more 2 boilers, each with a
heating surface of 90
square metres and 8 atmosphere pressure. Working depth 14 metres and using
buckets with a capacity of 600
litres dredging capacity of 350 cubic metres/hour to be
loaded in barges or pressed away. Complete electrically lightened. Named Talcahuano. After being
completed was she bound for Talcahuano,
Chile using her
own engines.