MV Charlotte Hoj
Ex David Church
© Ray Goodfellow
Steel single screw trailing suction / grab hopper dredger, built in 1995 by Appledore Shipbuilders, Devon (Yard No. 163), for the Dover Harbour Board.
Technical Data
- Length: 51m (overall)
- Breadth of Hull: 10.5m
- Depth: 3.165m/4.70m
- Tonnage: 671 gross, 201 net, 701 deadweight
- Engines: Cummins oil
- Power: 1215 bhp/894kW
- Speed: 9 knots
- Capacity: 623m³ (hopper capacity)
- Suction pipe: 1 x 350 mm
- Bucket capacity: 2.5 m³
- Dredging depth: 20.0 m
- Call Sign: MVEL2, OIJJS
- IMO Number: 9112193
- MMSI Number: 219034421
- Registry: Dover/UK 🇬🇧, Horsens/Denmark 🇩🇰
History
March 31st 1995: Launched.
May 1995: Completed and delivered to Dover Harbour Board.
© Mike Sartin (Left) and the Roy Thornton Collection (Right)
2008: Still in service.
© Ray Goodfellow
September 2012: As a part of a £480,000 refit/life extension programme the vessels crane was removed and sent to PLM cranes in Holland for renewal and upgrading.
18th October 2012: Vessel due to depart for Holland to be reunited with her crane.
© Ray Goodfellow (Dover, November 2015)
April 4th 2023: Left Dover for refit in Hull/UK.
May 11th 2023: Left Hull for Dover.
May 12th 2023: Arrived in Dover.
© Fotoflite and Dover Strait Shipping
February 2025: Sold to Hoj Marine Contractors, Horsens, Denmark and renamed CHARLOTTE HOJ. Expected to be towed to Denmark by tug THOR.
February 12th 2025: Left Dover, under tow, for Denmark.
🆕 © Dave Standen (Courtesy of Port of Dover)(Dover, 12/02/2025)
All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Fotoflite and Dover Strait Shipping for their assistance in producing this feature.
A special thanks goes to World Ship Society (East Kent Branch)
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
