by Hornbeam » Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:50 am
Would like more info myself Sailfin, if anybody has any photographs or further information on this Dredger, is the design a one off or a Class of Dredger?
A bit different to the ‘Boilers in the Bow’ Class of Dredger although it looks like the Suction Pump Diesel Power Plant is in the Bow on this vessel, TCC No 1 had an enclosed Crankcase Unidirectional Triple Expansion athwart ships in the main Engineroom Aft which after the mandatory warm up ran normally like a Sewing Machine.
No1 was very unusual in design a bit like the unusual ‘Boilers on the Deck’ vessels that Willie Gray built to increase Cargo space.