Dutch towage company Nederlandse Stoomsleepdienst v/h P. Smit Jr. ordered building tugs according to the Dutch newspaper Het vrije volk dated 1 September 1955

An item reported that the Nederlandse Stoomsleepdienst v/h P. Smit Jr. ordered the building of 6 tugs by the N.V. Scheepswerven v/h Bodewes of Millingen continuing with modernizing her fleet by replacing the old steam harbour tugs by new motor tugs. Included the above mentioned 6 were in a period of 4 years 24 new tugs built.