APOLLO-TRAILING SUCTION HOPPER DREDGER

The twin-screw trailing suction hopper dredger Apollo, recently delivered by Verolme Shipyard Heusden B.V. to J. P. Broekhoven of Zeist, is a sister ship, except as regards some machinery items, of the Poseidon, which was fully described in the article covered by Abstract No. 37,743 (Sept. 1974). The maximum dredging depth is 32 m, and the two suction tubes are 900 mm in diameter. The hopper, of 5,000-sq m capacity, can hold a maximum of 6,868 tons of spoil of relative density 1.5, equivalent to three weeks' continuous operation at sea. The dredger can operate in waves up to 6-m high. Propulsion is by two Bolnes type 18 V-DNL 150/600 Diesels, each developing 2,700 hp to 600 rpm and driving c.p. propellers. The combined pumping capacity of the two Vos dredge pumps is 9,900 sq m/h; each is driven by a Bolnes type 12V-DNL 150/600 engine developing 1,800 hp. The article, which includes general-arrangement drawings and a partial list of equipment suppliers, describes the dredging functions, dredging controls, hopper compartment, navigation equipment, engineroom, deck machinery, electrical installations, and accommodation. Order from: BSRA as No. 47,429.

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• Corporate Authors:

  National Institute of Shipbuilding and Shipping

  10 Burgemeester & Jacobplein
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1977-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • Holland Shipbuilding
  • Volume: 26
  • ISSN: 0018-3571

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Dredges; Dredging; Hoppers; Propulsion
• Old TRIS Terms: Dredge propulsion; Hopper dredges
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170898
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Ship Research Association
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM