Completed to order of Somerset Rivers catchment Board by W. and F. Wills, of Bridgwater, for dredging rivers Parrett and Tone; length oa 50 ft, beam 10 ft, draft 3 ft 3 in. power plant consists of two Petter Atomic 75-bhp, 3-cyl Diesel marine engines, one for propulsion and other for driving hydraulic eroding plant; speed 8 mph when operating at normal rate of 400 rpm.
Hydraulic erosion dredger "persevere"
Shipbldr Mar Eng-Bldr
Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder ; 40 , n 273
1933
2 pages
Article (Journal)
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