Breckland, for British Transport Commission at King's Lynn, was built with heavy scantlings at Hessle shipyard of Richard Dunston Ltd; length oa 138 ft 4 in., breadth molded 32 ft, depth molded 10 ft 9 in., hopper capacity 350 cu yd; 20-ton grab crane is fitted; diesel propelling machinery supplied by Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day is JSS GMRS type with continuous rating of 800 bhp at 700 rpm, coupled to Modern Wheel Drive 3 1/2:1 reverse reduction gearbox.


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    Title :

    Dunston dredger for King's Lynn service


    Additional title:

    Shipbldg Shipg Rec


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1960


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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