An item dated Delfzijl the 1st reported that on Friday the tug Franziska III performed her trial on the Eems. She was built at the shipyard of Wilmink, Gideon, Netherlands and fitted out with a 150 icp compound engine manufactured by the Machinefabriek Fulton at Martenshoek, Netherlands. During the trial she achieved a speed of 9 miles and was directly handed over to her captain and owner J. Krause of Hamburg. That morning she departed towards Hamburg.
