Sussex shingle beaches need constant topping up. Dredger collects shingle from near the Isle of Wight and at high tide sprays the shingle on the beaches. This is near Sovereign Harbour at Eastbourne
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Sospan Dau! Dutch ship with a Welsh name (means saucepan two)
The Dutch owners originally had a dredge called Sospan, then replaced it with this one - saucepan two
Sospan Fach (little saucepan) is a Welsh folk song most kids come across in early primary school. Unfortunately, when my local North Wales council needed a dredger to dump millions of tons of sand on their new beach they didn’t bother getting the Dutch ship with a Welsh name. They went for Deo Gloria instead. Missed opportunity!
LordEdam, thanks for the information
David
Sospan Dau is a regular visitor to Burry Port down my way in south Wales.
Doesn’t spray shingle at Burry Port but unloads dredged sand by connecting up to a floating platform and pumping the sand to a nearby company selling sand 
The song is associated with Llanelli RFC and, more recently, the Scarlets regional rugby side. The association derives from Llanelli’s tin plating industry, which used to tin-plate steel saucepans and other kitchen utensils as a cheap supply to the British public. During the final years of Stradey Park, the former ground of Llanelli RFC and the Scarlets, the goalposts were adorned with Scarlet saucepans as a tribute to the town’s history; the utensils have been transferred to the clubs’ new ground, Parc y Scarlets. The Scarlets’ official magazine is titled Sosban .
So Sospan Dau is quite well known in my little area of Wales 