Rotterdamsche Lloyd ordered building Kota class freighter at Dutch shipyard Wilton Fijenoord according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 18 January 1929

An item dated The Hague 17 January reported that the Dutch shipping company Rotterdamsche Lloyd ordered the building of a freighter of the Kota type by the shipyard Wilton Fijenoord.