An item reported that the public tender for increasing of the torpedo atelier with associated work on the navy establishment on 26 May was delayed. A new date was not known.
The edition dated 29 June reported that on Friday morning the public tender finally took place. The estimates costs were ƒ 28.100. The firm N.V. Aannemings Maatschappij W.J. Veen was with her tender of ƒ 19.570,- the cheapest. The director of the B.O.W. however had still to approve that the order was given to this firm.