Dutch towing barge De Hoop built at Leiden delivered according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 9 January 1927

An item reported that the shipyard of the N.V. Scheepsbouw- en Reparatiewerf De Hoop v/h Gebrs. Boot at Leiden delivered the steel-built towing barge De Hoop with a loading capacity of 530 tons to master G. van der Meer of Amsterdam.