An item referred to the magazine
Mittheilungen dated July 1903 reporting that the French vedette boat Libellule being built by Forges et Chantiers at Le Havre still was not delivered despite that she already 3 years earlier was to be completed.(1) The reason for this daily was unknown. She was to be fitted out with Laval turbines and Rénard-boilers.
Note
1. Laid down in 1898, launched 1905 and already in 1911 stricken.