Queen of the Netherlands (ship)

Queen of the Netherlands docked at the Port of Melbourne
History
Name	Queen of the Netherlands
Namesake	Beatrix of the Netherlands
Owner	Royal Boskalis Westminster
Port of registry	Limassol,  Cyprus
Builder	Verolme Scheepswerf, Heusden, Netherlands (1998) Keppel, Singapore (Lengthened 2009)
Laid down	1998
Launched	1998
Identification	Call sign: 5BGT2 IMO number: 9164031 MMSI number: 210138000
Status	In service
General characteristics
Tonnage	33,423 GT
Displacement	82600t
Length	230.71 m (756 ft 11 in) LOA 225 m (738 ft 2 in) LBP
Beam	32 m (105 ft 0 in)
Height	56.14 m (184 ft 2 in)
Draught	10.387 m (34 ft) (summer) 16.85 m (55 ft) (dredging)
Depth	15.90 m (52 ft) (fwd) 16.85 m (55 ft) (aft)
Decks	9
Ice class	1A (out of class)
Installed power	27,634 kW (37,058 hp)
Propulsion	Wärtsilä 12V46C 12,600 kW (16,900 hp) @ 500 rev/min x2 & Wärtsilä 1,900 kW (2,500 hp) @ 1000 rev/min Aux & Wärtsilä 467 kW (626 hp) @ 1500 rev/min & Wärtsilä 2,650 kW (3,550 hp) @ 550 rev/min bow thruster
Speed	16.7 knots (30.9 km/h; 19.2 mph)
Capacity	35,500 m3 (1,253,671 cu ft)
Crew	46 + surveyors, clients & passengers

Queen of the Netherlands is a Dutch trailing suction hopper dredger ship constructed in 1998. After lengthening in 2009, she was the largest and most powerful dredger in the world. The vessel has been used in high-profile salvage and dredging operations including the investigation into the Swissair Flight 111 crash^[1] and in the Port Phillip Channel Deepening Project. It has been called "the world's largest floating vacuum cleaner".^[1]