German steel screw steam tug Francofurtia built at Dordrecht, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper De Dordrechtse Courant dated 17 September 1906

An item reported the launching on the 15^th at the shipyard of Huiskens&van Dijk, Dordrecht, Netherlands of the German steel screw steam tug Francofurtia for account of F. Kesting, Frankfurt am Main. The 175 ihp engine and boiler were manufactured by the shipyard.(1)

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1. W.A.A. Suykerbuyk. Huiskens&Van Dijk, Lekko January 1985, dimensions 23,50 x 5,00 x 1,90 metres, in 1920 as result of the Treaty of Versailles handed over to France and as the Laeken-12 part of the fleet of the Société de Remorquage, Antwerp, Belgium.