An item reported the launching that morning at 11.15 o’clock of the tug het Casco at the shipyard Fortune of De Groot&Looijen, Gorinchem, Netherlands. She was built for account of E. Trater, smith at Groningen, Netherlands. Her dimensions were 17,70 x 4,50 x 2,20 (hold). Fitted out with a 170 ihp engine manufactured by the machine- en ketelfabriek of P. Smit, Rotterdam, Netherlands.