An item dated Martenshoek 23 December reported that at the shipyard N.V. Scheepswerven v/h Gebr. G.H. Bodewes at Martenshoek, Netherlands the steel-built seagoing tug Gebroeders Bodewes 4 was launched. The Arnhemsche Stoomhelling Mij at Arnhem was to fit her out on short notice with a boiler and a 450 ihp engine. In the mean tome were the keels laid down for the tugs Gebroeders Bodewes 5 and 6 for which the 500 ihp engines would be manufactured by the Machinefabriek Fulton at Martenshoek, Netherlands.