Ilheu da Mina


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Name: Ilheu da Mina
IMO number: 7533288
Type: Suction hopper dredger
Owner:Açores Madeira - Sociedade de Extração e Comercialização de Areia dos Açores
Built by: Gebr. Buys Scheepsbouw, Krimpen a/d IJssel
Year: 1977

Total installed power: kW
Hopper capacity: 600 m3
Loading capacity: tonnes
Length o.a.: 63,0 m
Length b.p.: m
Breadth: 10,0 m
Draught: m
Speed: kn
Suction pipe: 1 x ... mm
Dredging depth: m

History:
-Originally built as a general cargo ship under the name Riosal in 1977.
-Renamed River Herald in 1983.
-Renamed Espero I in 1988.
-Renamed Sandettie in 1989.
-Renamed Sirenitas in 1993.
-Converted into a suction hopper dredger and renamed Ilheu da Mina in 2012.