An item referred to the magazine le Yacht reporting that Peru ordered the building of two submarines in France. The edition dated 1911-1912 no. 4 reported that Creusot ordered at the shipyard les Chantiers de la Gironde the building of a ship which was able to transport submarines. At that moment was a submarine type Laubeuf being built for Peru. The ship was to be named Kanguroo with as dimensions 93 x 11,96 x 5,96 metres and a measurement of 5.540 tons. The edition dated 1912-1913 no. 4 reported the successful launching at Bordeaux on 12 April of the submarine transport Kanguroo. The 850 hp engine allowed a speed of 10 miles. Her maiden voyage was towards South America to deliver the submarine built for Peru and which was performing her trials at Toulon. The edition no. 6 reported that she loaded the submarine Ferré to transport her to Peru. Edition no. 7 reported that the firm Schneider&co, ordered the building of a ship for transporting the many by foreign countries ordered submarines. The Kangaroo was for this purpose launched in April at the Gironde shipyard. In the meantime arrived she with the Ferré at Buenos Aires. The edition dated 1913-1914 no. 5 referred to the magazine le Yacht dated 19 July 1913 which magazine published photo’s of the Kangaroo (Petit Creusot-Châlons sur Saône) which was at that moment transporting the Palacios towards Callao.(1)
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1. Another Dutch magazine De ingenieur dated 6 November 1915 reported over the Kanguroo that she was a transport vessel of Schneider-Creusot. Her sides were converted into tanks. To load a submarine was the entire bow taken away, the submarine entered the hull and than was the bow reconnected and the water in the hull pumped out and the submarine tightened.
The Dutch magazine De Prins dated 26 July 1913 reported that at St. Mandrier a week earlier the Palacios for Peruvian account was launched. She was described as a transport for submarines towards Peru and to serve as a floating dock for the submarines. Her departure was on short notice planned. The same magazine (p. 43) published the photo above.
