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The Royal Navy took advantage of this opportunity to enlist the Belgians into separate groups of more or less entirely Belgian-crewed ships. From 1940 to 1946, the Belgian Section of the British Royal Navy crewed two corvettes, (Buttercup and Godetia), a squadron of MMS minesweepers and three patrol boats (Phrontis , Electra and Kernot). In ...
In total, 65 Belgian ships participated, including 54 fishing boats, four Corps de Marine units, four tugs and two patrol vessels. [35] The Belgian fishing fleet itself transported 4,300 British and French soldiers to the English coast. [36] Among the Belgian ships were Patrol vessel A5, Z25 De Ruyter and Belgian ship H75.
Patrol vessel A4 (French: Patrouilleur A4) was a small Mersey-class trawler operated by Belgium during the Second World War.Originally built for the British Royal Navy, as HMS John Ebbs, the ship is notable for its role in evacuating Belgian gold reserves to England during the Battle of Belgium in May 1940.
SS Belgian Prince was a British cargo steamship that was launched in 1900 as Mohawk. She was renamed Hungarian Prince when she changed owners in 1912, and Belgian Prince after the United Kingdom declared war against Austria-Hungary and its allies in 1914. U-55 sank Belgian Prince in 1917.
In recognition of the role of Godetia's role during the Second World War, the Belgian navy later operated a ship with the same name. Godetia continued to serve (with a British crew) in a convoy escorting role until October 1945 when she was decommissioned. [1] From April 1942 to May 1945, Godetia escorted 70 convoys. [3] In 1947, she was ...
SS Zeeland was a British and Belgian ocean liner of the International Mercantile Marine Co. (IMM). She was a sister ship to Vaderland and a near sister ship to Kroonland and Finland of the same company. Although her name was Dutch, it was changed during World War I to the less German-sounding SS Northland.
Merchant ships of the United Kingdom include merchant ships ... SS Belgian Prince; SS Belgic (1873) SS Beljeanne; ... British Tar (1797 ship) SS Brittany (1910 ...
This is a list of all naval vessels ever used by the United Kingdom under the Royal Navy and other UK maritime organisations or groups that participated in UK conflicts. . This list will consist of lists of naval vessels used at specific time periods such as World War II and the Modern day as well as a list of Royal Navy ship names that will look at all Royal Navy ships ever u