Panama-flagged dredger YOLANDA was chartered by Westminster Dredging for the construction of the extension to Tilbury Dock in the late 1960s
3,116 grt; 4,047 dwt
Owner: Compañía de Obras Edificias Maritimas Portuarias SA, Panama
Built 1965 by Verschure & Co's Scheepswerf (IHC Holland Group), Amsterdam, Netherlands. Yard no.CO484
Propulsion: twin-screw with 2 x vee-18-cylinder, two-stroke Smit-Bolnes 18V300D of 6,100 bhp (total) at 300 rpm. Speed: 14 knots.
1970-ORANJESTAD; 1988-DREDGER; 1989-to breakers at Chittagong, Bangladesh
Photographed 50 years ago in September 1968 outward bound from Tilbury