An item reported
the launching at the shipyard Gusto (firm A.F. Smulders), Schiedam,
Netherlands
of the steel made hull of a floating crane with a lifting capacity of 150 tons.
Dimensions 39 x 19 x 4,70 (hold fore)-2,30 (hold aft) metres. Able to lift stores
to a height 60 metres
above the water level and with a maximum lifting capacity of 150 tons. Even
when actually lifting a weight could the crane be turned with the hull
remaining horizon without any inclination. She was the third of four complete
similar cranes all built or being built for Italy and to be used for lifting
and placing heavy artillery and carriages on board of battleships. (1)
Note
1. Yard numbers 410, 415 (Tourelle), 422 and 431
(Giulio).The No. 415 or
Tourelle was lost underway towards Italy.
