WID Dredging and Plough Vessel
UKD Seadragon is a 27 metre Shoalbuster designed specifically by Damen Shipyards for UK Dredging. She is specified to provide multi purpose dredging support with WID, bed-levelling, buoy handling and survey capability.
The vessel is diesel electric, with 2 x Permanent Magnet Water Cooled 750KW propulsion motors and a 145KW bowthruster.
Her principle duties are as a Water Injection Dredger and a bed leveller. Her WID Skid and 10 metre plough is capable of working at a depth of 25 metres.
Fully equipped with DGPS and digital mapping her survey equipment is fully compatible with all of UK Dredging's fleet and able to act on a stand-alone basis. A Winch encoder accurately determines plough depth so that the combined package offers a complete survey and bed levelling service.
Specifications
| Built | 2023-2025 |
| Builder | Damen Shipyards, Hardinxveld |
| Classification | Bureau Veritas Offshore support vessel Tug (design bollard pull 25 ton) Unrestricted navigation |
| Gross Tonnage | 321 tonnes |
| Length Overall | 27.05 m |
| Beam Overall | 11.6 m |
| Draught Maximum | 2.55 m |
| Speed | 9.5 knots |
| Hydraulic A Frame | Huisman Equipment SWL 30 ton |
| Main Propulsion | 2x Permanent Magnet motors, water-cooled Single power 2x 750 kW @ 1600 rpm |
| WID | Damen Dredging Equipment, Underwater pump EDOP 450L, 4000 m3/hr @ 2.5 bar |
| Plough Width | 10 m x weight 8 tonnes |
| Bollard Pull | 25 tonnes |
