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Friday, 3 May 2013

French floating crane built by Dutch shipyard Gusto v/h A.F. Smulders in Schiedam according to the Dutch newspaper Schiedamsche Courant 1 July 1926

An item reported that the same day one of the largest cranes ever built by the shipyard Gusto v/h A.F. Smulders in Schiedam departed the yard towards Le Havre, France. She had a lifting capacity of 200 tons, was completely electrical powered, with a derricking arm turning completely on a conical turret. The top was around 70 metres above the surface with a maximum flight of 55 metres. The tug Umber of L. Smit&Co,’s Internationale Sleepdienst would tow her to her destination.