An item reported that the Russian tug Skvall built by Verschure&Co,’s Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands executed her trials on the North Sea on 7-8 November 1938. Fitted out with 1-900 triple expansion steam engine also built by the shipyard. Dimensions 44,20 (between perpendiculars) x 9,80 (outside thrushes) x 4,60 (hold) metres.