Metric units


S.N.D. No.4

Owner: National Waterways Museum

Area: UK


Hull

Bucket dredger pontoon. Construction: Steel.
Built 1925 by N.V. De-Klop at Sliedrecht, Holland
LOA: 85' 0", Beam: 25' 0",
No.251. Grey, not self moving.

Boiler

RT Scotch Built Earl
Fuel: Oil, Pressure: 130 psi,
Injector, FD fan.

Engine

Compound.
Built 1925 by N.V. De-Klop at Sliedrecht, Holland
pv on HP, sv on LP valve. SLRG valve gear.
Engine driven fp, 80 IHP, placed athwartship.

History

New to Sharpness New Docks & Gloucester & Berkeley Nav. Co., 1948 transferred to B.W.B. renamed No.4 Dredger c1960. Retired 1981, 1987 restored to full working order, name reverted to original. Now on public display at the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester Docks.


Last Modified: 2014.04.01.


(Brian Hillsdon) Gloucester Docks, 1988