In late 1924 and early 1925 Burgerhout won a tender for three Admiralen-class destroyers, Evertsen, Kortenaer and Piet Hein. Winning the tender, and making a very successful delivery was a remarkable accomplishment for a company so new to shipbuilding. While a destroyer was much smaller than a regular freighter, it had engines that were in the order of magnitude of ten times more powerful. A shipyard really had to know its business in order to get everything right, and in this respect Burgerhout proved its ability.
