Russian dredgers built at Dutch shipyard Conrad at Haarlem according to the Dutch newspaper Haarlem’s Dagblad dated Saturday 8 August 1896

At the yard of the Nederlandsche Scheepsbouwmaatschappij at Amsterdam was with success a screw steam sand hopper launched for the yard Conrad and destined for the Russian government to be used in the Azov Sea. This vessel was with two similar vessels build at the same yard to depart mid September towards Russia using their own power.