The Royal Netherlands Government on 7 May 1945 still located at London, England published a brief outline of a shipbuilding program which was to start immediately after the liberation. The described types were needed to serve in the Far East. The minister for shipping and fishery investigated how soon this program could be realized in the Netherlands.
The ships were to be of the motor lugger design able to be used for the trawl fishery using as most as possible an existing design of such a ship built by the shipyard Nieuwe Maas, Vlaardingen, Netherlands for account of the firm Hoogendijk, Vlaardingen. Dimensions 117.0 x 23.0 x 12.0 (hold) feet and a speed of 10 knots with a horsepowe of 360 ahp/300 rpm and a single screw. The Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands was to make the needed drawings based on designs received from Veritas, Paris, France. The steel for the hull would on short notice delivered from the United Kingdom. By Skandia-Verken were 360 ahp diesel engines ordered to be delivered after 6 months but already delayed due to a strike. The vessels were to be ready before 1 May 1946 for the fishery while there was a urgent need for them in the food supply. It was to be investigated if some of the ships could be built in the province Groningen. There was hardly electric welding provided.
Source
Zeeuws Archief, archive Kon.Mij. De Schelde (7214) not described part.
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