In the meeting between the director and the commissaries on 2 December 1905 was announced that Sweden intended to built a submarine and that the Electric Boat Company, USA allowed the Kon.Mij. De Schelde to start negotiating for an eventually order.
Source
Archive Kon.Mij. De Schelde 1875-1970 (Municipality Archive, Vlissingen, Netherlands) archive 214 inventory number 8.
