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Saturday 24 January 2015

German cutter and suction dredger Kim 1958-? and Dutch Holland XXIV ?->1995

Launched at the shipyard N.V. Sleephelling Mij. ‘Scheveningen’, Scheveningen, Netherlands with yard number 142 for account of Dr.Ing. Joachim Rathens, Hamburg-Altona, Germany on 26 March and commissioned on 15 November 1958. With a 1.500 hp at 275 rpm Deutz BVGM 366 as main engine. Register tonnage 442 gross tons, 343 net tons and as dimensions 10,00 (over all) x 8,95 x 1,76 x 3,30 (depth) metes. Later bought by the Baggermaantschappij Holland BV and renamed Holland XXIV and since 1995 under this name owned by Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster BV.