Dutch firm Straatman, Dordrecht, Netherlands ordered to built a tug for another Dutch firm according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 26 April 1914

An item dated Delfzijl. Netherlands 14th reported that the firm Frater Smid&Zoon ordered the building by the firm Straatman, Dordrecht, Netherlands of a 500 ihp seagoing tug highest class of the Germanischer Lloyds.