WID Dredging and Plough Vessel

SHB2711 is a 27 meter Shoalbuster designed specifically by Damen Shipyards for UK Dredging. She is specified to provide  multi purpose dredging support with WID, bed-levelling, buoy handling and survey capability.

The vessel is diesel electric, with 2 x Permanent Magnet Water Cooled 750KW propulsion motors and a 145KW bowthruster. 
 
Her principle duties are as a Water Injection Dredger and a bed leveller.  Her WID Skid and 10 metre plough is capable of working at a depth of 25 metres. 

Fully equipped with DGPS and digital mapping her survey equipment is fully compatible with all of UK Dredging's fleet and able to act on a stand-alone basis. A Winch encoder accurately determines plough depth so that the combined package offers a complete survey and bed levelling service.

BuilderDamen Shipyards, Hardinxveld

ClassificationBureau Veritas
Offshore support vessel
Tug (design bollard pull 25 ton)
Unrestricted navigation

Gross Tonnage321 tonnes

Length Overall27.05 m

Beam Overall11.6 m

Draught Maximum2.55 m

Speed9.5 knots

Hydraulic A FrameHuisman Equipment
SWL 30 ton

Main Propulsion2x Permanent Magnet motors,
water-cooled
Single power
2x 750 kW @ 1600 rpm

WIDDamen Dredging Equipment,
Underwater pump
EDOP 450L, 4000 m3/hr @ 2.5 bar

Plough Width10 m x weight 8 tonnes

Bollard Pull25 tonnes