Corozal (dredger)
The Corozal was a Scottish-built dredger used on the Panama Canal. The Renfrew-based firm of Messrs. Wm. Simons & Company won a US government tender for its construction in 1911. The vessel was launched in November 1911 and taken into US government service as the US Corozal. It was the most powerful dredger ever built at that time. The Corozal operated on the difficult Culebra Cut, deepening a channel excavated by hand and dynamite. It became the first ship to sail through the cut in December 1913, shortly before the canal opened to traffic. The Corozal was sold to the Arundel Corporation in 1926 and scrapped in 1956.
US Corozal at work on the Panama Canal | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | US Corozal |
| Owner | US Government |
| Port of registry | United States (no. ON226006) |
| Ordered | 1911 |
| Builder | Messrs. Wm. Simons & Company London Works, Renfrew |
| Laid down | 1911 |
| Launched | 12 November 1911 |
| Fate | Sold 1926 |
| History | |
| Name | Corozal |
| Owner | Arundel Corporation |
| Acquired | 1926 |
| Fate | Broken up November 1956 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Bucket-ladder dredger |
| Tonnage | 1,684 GRT |
| Length | 261.1 feet (79.6 m) |
| Beam | 45.2 feet (13.8 m) |
| Propulsion | 2xtriple-expansion, surface-condensing engines |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Capacity | 1,200 long tons (1,200 t) of dredgings |
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