Dutch shipyard at Millingen aan de Rijn, Netherlands received French orders according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwsblad van het Noorden dated 8 March 1934

An item reported that the shipyard N.V. Scheepswerven v/h H.H. Bodewes, Millingen a/d Rijn, Netherlands received French orders to built 2 ships each with a loading capacity of around 180 tons.