The edition dated 23 October 1928 reported that the same afternoon at 15.00 o’clock at the shipyard of the Kon. Ned. Grofsmederij at Leiden 4,50 metres . Two masts with a height of 18 metres above the waterline. Contracted speed of 11 British miles on the measured mile. Fitted out with 2 triple compound engines and two boilers with a total heating surface of 280 square metres and a modern oil fired Wallsend-Howden equipment all made by the shipyard. Oil bunker capacity 100 ton allowing a range of 200 hours steaming. On board was a Telefunken radio equipment. Above decks were the bridge, chartroom, masters’ cabin, mess room and cabin of the wireless operator. Below decks accommodation for 16 men. The bridge contained 2 cabins for the 2 engineers and the 2 mates and further more a galley and a storeroom. Total accommodation for 24 men. The three cabins were all timbered with teak wood. Fitted out with a steam steering gear , steam anchor pivot, steam bunches winch before the wide array of drag and a donkey boiler. Six watertight bulkheads. After placing the engines would she first execute a trial on the North Sea with a Dutch crew signed by the shipyard and then Dutch-flagged steamed to Argentina Leiden Vlaardingen and to depart a week later to Argentina Buenos Aires St. Vincent .
