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The Belgian Navy was expanded in the late 1940s and the 1950s with the transfer of former U.S., British, and Commonwealth warships. After Belgium became a member of NATO, the role of the Belgian Navy was to help secure the North Sea, the English Channel, and the Western Approaches in cooperation
Belgian volunteers continued to join the Free Belgian forces throughout the war, most crossing through occupied and Vichy France, as well as Francoist Spain. Because the French refused to provide any form of visa to Belgians of military age, many of those arriving in England tended to be old and to have already had long military careers. [6]
Pages in category "Naval ships of Belgium" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Belgian ship ...
Belgium in World War II: Strength of primary military organizations Military Organization Period Total personnel over time 1940 Army May - June 1940 600,000 - 650,000 Free Belgian Forces: 1940–1944 ca. 8,000 Belgian Army 1944–1945 June 1944 – May 1945 ca. 100,000 SS volunteers April 1941 – May 1945 ca. 15,000
On 6 February 1895 the CMBC ship Léopoldville was the first to leave port of Antwerp for Congo Free State. For sixty years the Congo boats (Kongoboten) were a constant presence in the port of Antwerp. In 1930 CBMC acquired Lloyd Royal Belge , another Belgian shipowner. The name of the new company became Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), and new ...
Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Belgian Navy (2 P) Pages in category "Ships of the Belgian Navy" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Mercator is a steel-hulled barquentine built in 1932 as a training ship for the Belgian merchant fleet. She was named after Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594), a Belgian cartographer . She was designed by G.L. Watson & Co. and built in Leith , Scotland [ 2 ] and launched in 1932.
The Commander of the Belgian Navy (French: Commandant de la Composante Marine) is the head of the Naval operations and the administrative head in the Belgian Navy, and is under the Chief of Defence. The current commander is Jan De Beurme .