New tankers for the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company according to the Dutch newspaper De Sumatra Post dated 9 April 1930

According to a news item placed the Anglo-Saxon Company important orders at the Dutch industry. This company belonging to the Royal Shell ordered the building of 8 double screw tankers with a length of 450 foot and 11m500 tons loading capacity The Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Fijenoord and the firm Van der Giessen were each to built two ships and P. Smit&Co. and Burgerhout each one. A similar number was to be build by British yards and one by the Cantiere Navale Triestino at Monfalcone. The ships were to be fitted out with 2-6 cylinder single 4-tact with fore compression Werkspoor engines supplying totally 4,000 hp. The engines for the ships build in England and Burgerhout were to build these firms self using a Werkspoor licence. The value of this building was between the 15,000,000 and the 20,000,000 Dutch guilders. Another newspaper Het Vaderland morning edition dated 11 March confirmed this item.