WD Mersey
Appearance
![]() WD Mersey in the Firth of Clyde in 2013
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History | |
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Name |
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Namesake | River Mersey |
Owner | Boskalis Westminster |
Operator | Boskalis Westminster |
Port of registry |
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Builder | Achille Lucchese, Venice, Italy |
Laid down | 1982 |
Launched | 1983 |
In service | 2008 (Rebuilt) |
Out of service | 2015 |
Identification |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Dredger |
Tonnage | 1,595 GT |
Length | 61.92 m (203 ft) |
Beam | 13.00 m (43 ft) |
Draught |
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Depth | 6.30 m (21 ft) |
Decks | 4 |
Installed power | 4,012 kW (5,380 hp) |
Propulsion | FIAT main engines 930 kW (1,250 hp) x 2 & 150 kW (200 hp) bow thruster |
Speed | 8.6 kn @ 750 rev/min |
Capacity | 1826 m3 |
Crew | 9 |
The TSHD WD Mersey is a British trailing suction hopper dredger,[1] owned and operated by Boskalis Westminster Ltd[2] (known as Westminster Dredging Company until 2014) and built in Italy. The ship maintained ports around the British Isles, including Liverpool,[3][4] the Manchester Ship Canal,[5] Harwich, Heysham and the Firth of Clyde[6]
In 2017 she was sold and renamed UMD Hercules.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Boskalis Westminster Official Factsheet" (PDF). Westminster Dredging. BOKA. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "Boskalis UK Fleet Equipment". Westminster Dredging. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ Carly, Fields (15 August 2013). "Work starts on Liverpool2 quay wall". Port Strategy. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ Paul, Eeles (13 August 2013). "Work starts on the new quay wall at Liverpool2". Bay TV Liverpool. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "1500-ton dredger cleans Manchester Ship Canal at Salford Quays". Salford Online. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ Vicky, Brock (24 November 2013). "Clyde river view project". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "8123195". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 14 October 2018.