Queen of the Netherlands (ship)
 Queen of the Netherlands docked at the Port of Melbourne
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| History | |
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| Name | Queen of the Netherlands |
| Namesake | Beatrix of the Netherlands |
| Owner | Royal Boskalis Westminster |
| Port of registry | Limassol,  Cyprus |
| Builder |
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| Laid down | 1998 |
| Launched | 1998 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 33,423 GT |
| Displacement | 82600t |
| Length |
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| Beam | 32 m (105 ft 0 in) |
| Height | 56.14 m (184 ft 2 in) |
| Draught |
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| Depth |
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| Decks | 9 |
| Ice class | 1A (out of class) |
| Installed power | 27,634 kW (37,058 hp) |
| Propulsion | bow thruster |
| Speed | 16.7 knots (30.9 km/h; 19.2 mph) |
| Capacity | 35,500 m3 (1,253,671 cu ft) |
| Crew | 46 + surveyors, clients & passengers |
Queen of the Netherlands is a Dutch trailing suction hopper dredger ship constructed in 1998. After lengthening in 2009, she was the largest and most powerful dredger in the world. The vessel has been used in high-profile salvage and dredging operations including the investigation into the Swissair Flight 111 crash[1] and in the Port Phillip Channel Deepening Project. It has been called "the world's largest floating vacuum cleaner".[1]
Capability
The ship's dragheads are 6 metres (19.7 ft) wide and can dredge between 55 metres (180 ft) and 160 metres (520 ft) deep. The ship has three hopper discharge options of pumping ashore by pipeline, dumping through bottom doors or
Projects
Queen of the Netherlands has worked on various projects in
References
- ^ PBS. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
- Royal Boskalis Westminster. Archived from the original(PDF) on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ "Swissair 111 Aviation Report". Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
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