An item reported the launching at the shipyard Gusto (firm A.F. Smulders), Schiedam, Netherlands of the steel made hull of a seagoing hopper, the second one built for foreign account. Baptiuzes by Miss Ida Dekker. Dimensions 44 x 8,80 x 4,40 metres. Hopper capacity 400 cubic metres. To be fitted out with 1-300 ihp triple expansion engine and a boiler with a heating surface of 100 square metres and 13,5kg pressure. Further more the necessary steam winches for lifting anchors and manoeuvres. Would go under own power towards her destination.(1)
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1. The yard numbers 438 (Castor) and 440 (Mars) built for Habermann&Guckers, Kiel, Germany and the 439 (Jupiter) and 441 (Pollux) built for V.d. Velde, Kiel, Germany.
