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PELUSE

PELUSE BUCKET DREDGER

General properties

Vessel type: 
BLD
Flag: 
EG
Built in: 
1908
Shipyard: 
Lobnitz & Co.
Yard number: 
640

Physical properties

Length (BP): 
92.96 m
Width: 
14.33 m
Depth: 
6.16 m
Engine specs: 
Twin T3cyl 1300ihp 2-screw

About this page

Status: 
Historical

Last Updated

6 years 38 weeks ago

History

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About this equipment

Subsequent owner and registration history 1908 Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, Paris - Egypt flag
1956 Suez Canal Authority, Ismailiah 

 

Remarks Largest bucket dredger in the world when built. Seagoing - hopper-dredger design, based on PTOLOMEE (Lobnitz Yd 585)
Additional dredging equipment engine of 600ihp.  End year Fate / Status 1956  Scuttled 31/10/1956  Disposal Detail Scuttled by Egyptians by explosives as blockship at Port Said.

Raised in 1957 by US Navy, requiring 40 days of patching explosion holes and pumping. 
Probably scrapped 

 

SOURCE: http://www.clydeships.co.uk

 

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