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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Navy Component</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Marinecomponent</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(Dutch)</span></li><li><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Composante marine</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(French)</span></li><li><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Marinekomponente</i></span> <span 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Benelux">Admiral Benelux</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Vice admiral <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Tas" title="René Tas">René Tas</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Naval ensign</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium.svg/150px-Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium.svg/225px-Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium.svg/300px-Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Naval jack</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Jack_of_Belgium.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Naval_Jack_of_Belgium.svg/150px-Naval_Jack_of_Belgium.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Naval_Jack_of_Belgium.svg/225px-Naval_Jack_of_Belgium.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Naval_Jack_of_Belgium.svg/300px-Naval_Jack_of_Belgium.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Belgian Navy</b>, officially the <b>Naval Component</b> (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Marinecomponent</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[maːˈriːnəkɔmpoːˌnɛnt]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Composante marine</i>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[kɔ̃pozɑ̃t<span class="wrap"> </span>maʁin]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Marinekomponente</i>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[maˈʁiːnəkɔmpoˌnɛntə]</a></span>) of the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Armed_Forces" title="Belgian Armed Forces">Belgian Armed Forces</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the <a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">naval</a> service of <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canonni%C3%A8re_Marine_Royale.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Canonni%C3%A8re_Marine_Royale.jpg/220px-Canonni%C3%A8re_Marine_Royale.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Canonni%C3%A8re_Marine_Royale.jpg/330px-Canonni%C3%A8re_Marine_Royale.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Canonni%C3%A8re_Marine_Royale.jpg 2x" data-file-width="386" data-file-height="255" /></a><figcaption>One of the first <a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">gunboats</a> of the <i>Marine Royale</i></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Battle_of_Rio_Nunez_1849.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Battle_of_Rio_Nunez_1849.jpg/220px-Battle_of_Rio_Nunez_1849.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Battle_of_Rio_Nunez_1849.jpg/330px-Battle_of_Rio_Nunez_1849.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Battle_of_Rio_Nunez_1849.jpg/440px-Battle_of_Rio_Nunez_1849.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1065" data-file-height="812" /></a><figcaption>French and Belgian warships during the <a href="/wiki/Rio_Nu%C3%B1ez_Incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Rio Nuñez Incident">Rio Nuñez Incident</a> in West Africa, 1849</figcaption></figure><p> The Belgian Navy was created as the <i>Marine Royale</i> (English: <span lang="en">Royal Navy</span>) on 15 January 1831.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This force has operated in various forms throughout Belgian history. </p><p>When the country became independent after the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Revolution" title="Belgian Revolution">Belgian Revolution</a> of 1830, a Dutch squadron blocked the <a href="/wiki/Scheldt" title="Scheldt">Scheldt</a> <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">estuary</a>. To deal with this threat the Belgian Congress ordered two <a href="/wiki/Brigantine" title="Brigantine">brigantines</a> to be built, which bore the names <i>Congrès</i> and <i>Les Quatre Journées</i>. After the French Army, led by <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_France" title="Marshal of France">Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Count" title="Count">Count</a> <a href="/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Maurice_G%C3%A9rard" title="Étienne Maurice Gérard">Gérard</a>, captured the citadel of <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> in 1832, the captured Dutch gun boats were pressed into Belgian service. In 1840 the Belgian government bought the <a href="/wiki/Schooner" title="Schooner">schooner</a> <i>Louise Marie</i> and in 1845 the <a href="/wiki/Brig" title="Brig">brig</a> <i>Duc de Brabant</i>. <i>Louise Marie</i> participated in the <a href="/wiki/Rio_Nu%C3%B1ez_Incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Rio Nuñez Incident">Rio Nuñez Incident</a> in 1849. In 1862, the Belgian government discarded its navy and pursued a minimalistic naval policy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disbandment">Disbandment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Disbandment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 1862 the existing royal navy was disbanded as an economy measure. The navy's personnel were transferred to a "state navy force" manning small vessels and employed in non-military functions such as the provision of ferry services, inspection of incoming vessels and charting research. The need for a proper naval service to provide coastal and port defence was raised periodically but did not progress beyond the retention as a reserve of four lightly armed gunboats, moored in the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Antwerp" title="Port of Antwerp">Port of Antwerp</a> and crewed by members of the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Army">Belgian Army</a>'s Engineering Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Belgium had no navy (an impromptu force was assembled at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Lake_Tanganyika" title="Battle for Lake Tanganyika">Battle for Lake Tanganyika</a>) but the war caused this policy to change and a <i>Corps of Destroyers and Sailors</i> was created in 1917. The Belgian naval personnel served onboard French minesweepers and provided the artillerymen for Belgian merchant ships. The <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles" title="Treaty of Versailles">Treaty of Versailles</a> allocated Belgium 11 torpedo boats and 26 minesweepers. For budgetary reasons, Belgium again abolished its navy in 1927. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1939, against the looming threat of a new war with Germany, Belgium once again resurrected its navy as the <i>Naval Corps</i>. This new navy, consisting mostly of small patrol vessels and coastal artillery units, lasted barely a year until the German invasion of May 1940. During the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Belgium">18 days campaign</a>, the trawler <a href="/wiki/Belgian_ship_A4" title="Belgian ship A4">A4</a> evacuated much of the government's gold reserve to Britain, while several others helped at the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">evacuation at Dunkirk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KLMMRA1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KLMMRA1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> many members of the Naval Corps, together with Belgian fishermen and merchant sailors, escaped to Britain with the explicit wish of fighting the German occupiers. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> 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, (<a href="/wiki/HMS_Buttercup_(K193)" title="HMS Buttercup (K193)"><i>Buttercup</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Godetia_(K226)" title="HMS Godetia (K226)"><i>Godetia</i></a>), a squadron of <a href="/wiki/MMS-class_minesweeper" title="MMS-class minesweeper">MMS minesweepers</a> and three patrol boats (<a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Phrontis_(FD142)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Phrontis (FD142) (page does not exist)"><i>Phrontis</i></a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Phrontis_(FD142)" class="extiw" title="fr:HMS Phrontis (FD142)">fr</a>]</span>, <i>Electra</i> and <i>Kernot</i>). In 1946, Britain donated the ships to Belgium. These vessels became the backbone of the new Belgian Navy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NATO_Standing_Naval_Force_Atlantic_ships_underway,_in_1981.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/NATO_Standing_Naval_Force_Atlantic_ships_underway%2C_in_1981.jpg/220px-NATO_Standing_Naval_Force_Atlantic_ships_underway%2C_in_1981.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/NATO_Standing_Naval_Force_Atlantic_ships_underway%2C_in_1981.jpg/330px-NATO_Standing_Naval_Force_Atlantic_ships_underway%2C_in_1981.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/NATO_Standing_Naval_Force_Atlantic_ships_underway%2C_in_1981.jpg/440px-NATO_Standing_Naval_Force_Atlantic_ships_underway%2C_in_1981.jpg 2x" data-file-width="827" data-file-height="674" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Belgian_frigate_Westhinder" title="Belgian frigate Westhinder"><i>Westhinder</i></a> (second from the top) with NATO <a href="/wiki/Standing_Naval_Force_Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="Standing Naval Force Atlantic">Standing Naval Force Atlantic</a> in 1981</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wielingen_(F910)_2003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Wielingen_%28F910%29_2003.jpg/220px-Wielingen_%28F910%29_2003.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Wielingen_%28F910%29_2003.jpg/330px-Wielingen_%28F910%29_2003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Wielingen_%28F910%29_2003.jpg/440px-Wielingen_%28F910%29_2003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><i>Wielingen</i>-class frigates in 2003</figcaption></figure> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Western_Approaches" title="Western Approaches">Western Approaches</a> in cooperation with other navies in northwestern Europe. The first major surface ships that Belgium received were six <a href="/wiki/Algerine-class_minesweeper" title="Algerine-class minesweeper"><i>Algerine</i>-class minesweepers</a> from the United Kingdom. They also received the <a href="/wiki/Agile-class_minesweeper" title="Agile-class minesweeper"><i>Agile</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Adjutant-class_minesweeper" title="Adjutant-class minesweeper"><i>Adjutant</i></a> minesweepers from the United States. Later developments occurred in the 1970s, when the natively designed Belgian <a href="/wiki/Wielingen-class_frigate" title="Wielingen-class frigate"><i>Wielingen</i>-class frigates</a> were built, and in the 1980s when Belgium, France, and the Netherlands launched the <a href="/wiki/Tripartite-class_minehunter" title="Tripartite-class minehunter"><i>Tripartite</i>-class minehunters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Cold_War">Post-Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Post-Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the beginning of the nineties, the end of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> caused the Belgian government to restructure the Belgian Armed Forces in order to cope with the changed threats. This led to a reduction in the size of the Armed Forces. With regards to the Belgian navy, these cutbacks meant that one <a href="/wiki/Wielingen-class_frigate" title="Wielingen-class frigate"><i>Wielingen</i>-class frigate</a> was taken out of service and that three <a href="/wiki/Tripartite-class_minehunter" title="Tripartite-class minehunter">Tripartite-class minehunters</a> were sold to France. In 2002, the government decided to impose a "single structure" on the armed forces in which the independent Belgian <i>Marine Royale</i> ceased to exist. The former Navy became the Belgian Naval Component (<b>COMOPSNAV</b>) of the Armed Forces; it is also generally referred to as <i>the Belgian Navy</i>. </p><p>On 20 July 2005, the Belgian government decided to buy two of the remaining six Dutch <a href="/wiki/Karel_Doorman-class_frigate" title="Karel Doorman-class frigate">M-class</a> frigates to replace the two remaining frigates of the <i>Wielingen</i> class (<i>Wielingen</i> and <i>Westdiep</i>) at the time still in service with the Belgian Navy, which in turn were sold to Bulgaria. On 21 December 2005, the Dutch government sold <i>Karel Doorman</i> (F827) and <i>Willem Van Der Zaan</i> (F829) to Belgium. The two ships were sold for about 250 million Euros. These two M-class frigates entered service with the Belgian Navy where they were renamed <i>Leopold I</i> and <i>Louise-Marie</i>. In October 2005, the <i>Wielingen</i>-class frigate <i>Wandelaar</i> was officially handed over to the <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Navy" title="Bulgarian Navy">Bulgarian Navy</a>, which christened the ship as <i>Drăzki</i> ('The Bolds'). The remaining ships of the class were transferred to Bulgaria as well, after completing modernization in Belgium. A Tripartite-class minehunter, <i>Myosotis</i>, which was renamed <i>Tsibar</i> was transferred to Bulgaria soon after. </p><p>The current Commander of the Naval Component is <a href="/wiki/Rear_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear Admiral">Rear Admiral</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_De_Beurme&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jan De Beurme (page does not exist)">Jan De Beurme</a> (since September 2020). </p><p>In February 2013 it was announced that Belgium had ordered two 52-metre (171 ft) patrol vessels from the French shipyard SOCARENAM, to be delivered within two years. Both were received, P901 <i>Castor</i> in 2014 and P902 <i>Pollux</i> in early 2015. The two vessels are to remain in service until 2044–2045.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission">Mission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F930_BNS_Leopold_I_(30207186086).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/F930_BNS_Leopold_I_%2830207186086%29.jpg/220px-F930_BNS_Leopold_I_%2830207186086%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/F930_BNS_Leopold_I_%2830207186086%29.jpg/330px-F930_BNS_Leopold_I_%2830207186086%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/F930_BNS_Leopold_I_%2830207186086%29.jpg/440px-F930_BNS_Leopold_I_%2830207186086%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Belgian_frigate_Leopold_I" title="Belgian frigate Leopold I"><i>Leopold I</i></a>, a <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgian</a> <a href="/wiki/Karel_Doorman-class_frigate" title="Karel Doorman-class frigate"><i>Karel Doorman</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigate</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In times of crisis and war the Belgian Naval Component will manage, with the support of its allies, the crises rising from the infringements to the principles of International law and from the Humans right and exercise the Belgian sovereignty in the maritime zones where the Naval Component is qualified, defend the underwater communication lines, main roads and allied, and protect the ports against any air, surface or underwater attack. </p><p>In times of peace the Belgian Naval Component has the following roles: </p> <ul><li>To ensure the presence of Belgium at sea.</li> <li>To give a support for our diplomacy and our foreign trade.</li> <li>Technical and military collaboration with the allied countries.</li> <li>Participation in humane actions.</li> <li>Contribute to the nation in the maritime zones for which Belgium is responsible: <ul><li>Contribution to oceanographic search.</li> <li>Control of fishing</li> <li>Contribution to the control of pollution at sea.</li> <li>Participation in the plan of assistance in territorial waters</li> <li>Support for the customs and police operations</li> <li>Detection of wrecks of boats.</li> <li>Participation in rescues at sea.</li> <li>Contribution to the training of the commercial naval officers</li> <li>Control of territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone.</li> <li>If necessary, opening of the centre of hyperbare medicine to the population.</li> <li>Destruction of explosive devices at sea</li></ul></li> <li>Preparation with the tasks to be carried out in times of crisis and war.</li> <li>Contribution to dissuasion at sea by the means of permanent allied squadrons.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 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/></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td colspan="2"><span title="Flemish-language text"><i lang="nl-BE"><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiraal</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Flemish-language text"><i lang="nl-BE"><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral" title="Vice admiral">Vice-admiraal</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Flemish-language text"><i lang="nl-BE"><a href="/wiki/Divisional_admiral" title="Divisional admiral">Divisieadmiraal</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Flemish-language text"><i lang="nl-BE"><a href="/wiki/Flotilla_admiral" title="Flotilla admiral">Flottieljeadmiraal</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Flemish-language text"><i lang="nl-BE"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(naval)#Captain_at_sea" title="Captain (naval)">Kapitein-ter-zee</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Flemish-language text"><i lang="nl-BE"><a href="/wiki/Frigate_captain" title="Frigate captain">Fregatkapitein</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="1"><span title="Flemish-language text"><i lang="nl-BE"><a href="/wiki/Corvette_captain" title="Corvette captain">Korvetkapitein</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="1"><span title="Flemish-language text"><i lang="nl-BE"><a href="/wiki/Leutnant_zur_See#Belgium" title="Leutnant zur See">Luitenant-ter-zee 1ste klasse</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Flemish-language text"><i lang="nl-BE"><a href="/wiki/Leutnant_zur_See#Belgium" title="Leutnant zur See">Luitenant-ter-zee</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span title="Flemish-language text"><i lang="nl-BE"><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)" title="Ensign (rank)">Vaandrig-ter-zee</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span title="Flemish-language text"><i lang="nl-BE"><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)" title="Ensign (rank)">Vaandrig-ter-zee 2de klasse</a></i></span> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td colspan="2"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr-BE">Amiral</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr-BE">Vice-amiral</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr-BE">Amiral de division</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr-BE">Amiral de flottille</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr-BE">Capitaine de vaisseau</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr-BE">Capitaine de frégate</i></span> </td> <td colspan="1"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr-BE">Capitaine de corvette</i></span> </td> <td colspan="1"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr-BE">Lieutenant de vaisseau de 1<sup>re</sup> classe</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr-BE">Lieutenant de vaisseau</i></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr-BE">Enseigne de vaisseau</i></span> </td> 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text"><i lang="de">Linienschiffsleutnant</i></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Seefahnrich</i></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Seefahnrich 2. klasse</i></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_ranks">Other ranks</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Other ranks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"> <th><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO">NATO code</a></th> <th colspan="6">OR-9</th> <th colspan="2">OR-8</th> <th colspan="2">OR-7</th> <th colspan="6">OR-6</th> <th colspan="6">OR-5</th> <th colspan="4">OR-4</th> <th colspan="2">OR-3</th> <th colspan="6">OR-2</th> <th colspan="2">OR-1 </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td rowspan="4"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Belgian Navy</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-Belgium_Navy_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Belgium_Navy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span 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<td colspan="3"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Master_(naval)#Master_as_a_non-commissioned_officer_rank" title="Master (naval)">Meester-chef</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Master_(naval)#Master_as_a_non-commissioned_officer_rank" title="Master (naval)">Meester</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="6"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Second_master" title="Second master">Tweede meester</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Quartermaster" title="Quartermaster">Eerste kwartiermeester-chef</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Quartermaster" title="Quartermaster">Kwartiermeester-chef</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Quartermaster" title="Quartermaster">Kwartiermeester</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="6"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Sailor_first_class" title="Sailor first class">Eerste matroos</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Seaman_(rank)" title="Seaman (rank)">Matroos</a></i></span> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td colspan="3"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Maître principal-chef</i></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Maître-principal</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Premier-maître chef</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Premier maître</i></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Maître-chef</i></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Maître</i></span> </td> <td colspan="6"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Second-maître</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Premier quartier-maître-chef</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Quartier-maître-chef</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Quartier maître</i></span> </td> <td colspan="6"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Premier matelot</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Matelot</i></span> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td colspan="3"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Chefhauptmeister</i></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Hauptmeister</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Erster chefmeister</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Erster meister</i></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Meister-chef</i></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Meister</i></span> </td> <td colspan="6"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Zweiter meister</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Erster oberquartiermeister</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Oberquartiermeister</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Quartiermeister</i></span> </td> <td colspan="6"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Erster matrose</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Matrose</i></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fleet_of_ships">Fleet of ships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Fleet of ships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Active_fleet_of_ships">Active fleet of ships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Active fleet of ships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Class </th> <th>In service </th> <th>Origin </th> <th>Picture </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Builder </th> <th>Ship </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">No.</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">Comm.</a> </th> <th>Displacement </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Frigates (2) </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Karel_Doorman-class_frigate" title="Karel Doorman-class frigate"><i>Karel Doorman</i> class</a></b> <p><i><small>M-class</small></i> </p> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><b>2</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:F930_BNS_Leopold_I_(30088617001).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Frameless"><img alt="Frameless" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/F930_BNS_Leopold_I_%2830088617001%29.jpg/200px-F930_BNS_Leopold_I_%2830088617001%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/F930_BNS_Leopold_I_%2830088617001%29.jpg/300px-F930_BNS_Leopold_I_%2830088617001%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/F930_BNS_Leopold_I_%2830088617001%29.jpg/400px-F930_BNS_Leopold_I_%2830088617001%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></a></span> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joint_Warrior_17-2_(36740990724).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Frameless"><img alt="Frameless" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Joint_Warrior_17-2_%2836740990724%29.jpg/200px-Joint_Warrior_17-2_%2836740990724%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Joint_Warrior_17-2_%2836740990724%29.jpg/300px-Joint_Warrior_17-2_%2836740990724%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Joint_Warrior_17-2_%2836740990724%29.jpg/400px-Joint_Warrior_17-2_%2836740990724%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></a></span> </p> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_frigate" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-submarine frigate">ASW Frigates</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Damen_Schelde_Naval_Shipbuilding" title="Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding"><small>Schelde Naval Shipbuilding</small></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belgian_frigate_Leopold_I_(F930)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian frigate Leopold I (F930)"><i><small>Leopold I</small></i></a> </td> <td><small>F930</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000002007-03-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">29 Mar 2007</span></small> <p><small>(Belgium)</small> <small><span data-sort-value="000000001991-05-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">31 May 1991</span></small> <small>(Netherlands)</small> </p> </td> <td rowspan="2">3,300 tonnes </td> <td rowspan="2">Second-hand purchase from the Dutch navy, replaced 2 remaining <a href="/wiki/Wielingen-class_frigate" title="Wielingen-class frigate"><i>Wielingen</i> class</a>. modernised in 2012-15.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>To be replaced with 2 (3) <a href="/wiki/Anti-Submarine_Warfare_Frigate_(Koninklijke_Marine)" title="Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (Koninklijke Marine)">Future Surface Combattant</a> frigates around 2030. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Belgian_frigate_Louise-Marie_(F931)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian frigate Louise-Marie (F931)"><i><small>Louise-Marie</small></i></a> </td> <td><small>F931</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000002008-04-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">8 Apr 2008</span></small> <p><small>(Belgium)</small> <small><span data-sort-value="000000001991-11-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">28 Nov 1991</span></small> <small>(Netherlands)</small> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Patrol vessels (2) </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Castor-class_coastal_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Castor-class coastal patrol vessel"><i>Castor</i> class</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><b>2</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Castor_-_P901_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Castor_-_P901_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Castor_-_P901_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Castor_-_P901_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Castor_-_P901_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Castor_-_P901_%28cropped%29.jpg/400px-Castor_-_P901_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1836" data-file-height="990" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">Coastal patrol vessel</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Socarenam" title="Socarenam"><small>SOCARENAM</small></a> <p><small>Sociéte Calaisienne de Réparation Navale et Mécanique</small> </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belgian_patrol_vessel_Castor_(P901)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian patrol vessel Castor (P901)"><i><small>Castor</small></i></a> </td> <td><small>P901</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000002014-07-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">10 Jul 2014</span></small> </td> <td rowspan="2">455 tonnes </td> <td rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>A third one has been ordered in 2024. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Belgian_patrol_vessel_Pollux" title="Belgian patrol vessel Pollux"><i><small>Pollux</small></i></a> </td> <td><small>P902</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000002015-05-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">6 May 2015</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Mine warfare ships (5) </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Tripartite-class_minehunter" title="Tripartite-class minehunter"><i>Tripartite</i> class</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;"><b>5</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BNS_Bellis.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Frameless"><img alt="Frameless" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/BNS_Bellis.jpg/200px-BNS_Bellis.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/BNS_Bellis.jpg/300px-BNS_Bellis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/BNS_Bellis.jpg/400px-BNS_Bellis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Minehunter" title="Minehunter">Minehunters</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><small>Mercantile-Belyard Shipyard</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belgian_minehunter_Bellis_(M916)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian minehunter Bellis (M916)"><i><small>Bellis</small></i></a> </td> <td><small>M916</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000001986-08-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">13 Aug 1986</span></small> </td> <td rowspan="5">536 tonnes </td> <td rowspan="5">6 City-class mine countermeasures vessel to replace this class from 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Belgian_minehunter_Crocus_(M917)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian minehunter Crocus (M917)"><i><small>Crocus</small></i></a> </td> <td><small>M917</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000001986-09-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">3 Sep 1986</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Belgian_minehunter_Lobelia_(M921)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian minehunter Lobelia (M921)"><i><small>Lobelia</small></i></a> </td> <td><small>M921</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000001988-02-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">3 Feb 1988</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Belgian_minehunter_Narcis_(M923)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian minehunter Narcis (M923)"><i><small>Narcis</small></i></a> </td> <td><small>M923</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000001990-03-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">30 Mar 1990</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Belgian_minehunter_Primula_(M924)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian minehunter Primula (M924)"><i><small>Primula</small></i></a> </td> <td><small>M924</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000001990-12-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">20 Dec 1990</span></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Note: 3 <a href="/wiki/Tripartite-class_minehunter" title="Tripartite-class minehunter"><i>Tripartite</i> class</a> ships to be (as of 2024) donated to Ukraine. One of them will be the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_minehunter_Narcis" title="Belgian minehunter Narcis">Narcis</a>, which will undergo full maintenance before being donated. Belgium providing basic training and the Netherlands offering on-the-job training for the crews.<sup id="cite_ref-300lynx3ships_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-300lynx3ships-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ships_on_order">Ships on order</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ships on order"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Class </th> <th>On order </th> <th>Origin </th> <th>Picture </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Builder </th> <th>Ship </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">No.</a> </th> <th>Planned <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">Comm.</a> </th> <th>Status </th> <th>Displacement / length </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="12">Frigates (2) </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Anti-Submarine_Warfare_Frigate_(Koninklijke_Marine)" title="Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (Koninklijke Marine)"><b><i>ASWF</i> class</b></a> <p><small>"A<i>nti-Submarine Warfare Frigate"</i></small> </p> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><b>2 (3)</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> <small></small> </p> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anti-Submarine_Warfare_Frigate_(Koninklijke_Marine)_artist_view_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Santa Maria-class frigate"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Anti-Submarine_Warfare_Frigate_%28Koninklijke_Marine%29_artist_view_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Anti-Submarine_Warfare_Frigate_%28Koninklijke_Marine%29_artist_view_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Anti-Submarine_Warfare_Frigate_%28Koninklijke_Marine%29_artist_view_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Anti-Submarine_Warfare_Frigate_%28Koninklijke_Marine%29_artist_view_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Anti-Submarine_Warfare_Frigate_%28Koninklijke_Marine%29_artist_view_%28cropped%29.jpg/400px-Anti-Submarine_Warfare_Frigate_%28Koninklijke_Marine%29_artist_view_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="794" data-file-height="682" /></a></span> <p><small><i>Artist impression</i></small> </p> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_frigate" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-submarine frigate">Anti-submarine frigate</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Damen_Group" title="Damen Group"><small>Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding</small></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><small>–</small> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><small>–</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000002030-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">2030</span></small> </td> <td><small>Under contract</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">6,400 tonnes </td> <td rowspan="2">The Belgian Armed Forces and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Navy" title="Royal Netherlands Navy">Royal Netherlands Navy</a> will replace their <a href="/wiki/Karel_Doorman-class_frigate" title="Karel Doorman-class frigate"><i>M</i>-class frigates</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Future_Surface_Combatant_(Koninklijke_Marine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Future Surface Combatant (Koninklijke Marine)">Future Surface Combatant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ReplacementMFrigate1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReplacementMFrigate1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>The new Belgian government announced its intention to order an additional third frigate.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><small>–</small> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><small>–</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000002031-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">2031</span></small> </td> <td><small>Under contract</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="12">Mine countermeasures vessels (6) </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/City-class_mine_countermeasures_vessel" title="City-class mine countermeasures vessel"><b><i>City</i> class</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;"><b>6</b> </td> <td rowspan="6"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mine_Countermeasure_Vessel_concept_artist_impression_Koninklijke_Marine.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Santa Maria-class frigate"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Mine_Countermeasure_Vessel_concept_artist_impression_Koninklijke_Marine.jpg/200px-Mine_Countermeasure_Vessel_concept_artist_impression_Koninklijke_Marine.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Mine_Countermeasure_Vessel_concept_artist_impression_Koninklijke_Marine.jpg/300px-Mine_Countermeasure_Vessel_concept_artist_impression_Koninklijke_Marine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Mine_Countermeasure_Vessel_concept_artist_impression_Koninklijke_Marine.jpg/400px-Mine_Countermeasure_Vessel_concept_artist_impression_Koninklijke_Marine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2598" data-file-height="1732" /></a></span> <p><small><i>Artist impression</i></small> </p> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Mine_countermeasures_vessel" title="Mine countermeasures vessel">MCM</a> <p><small><i>"mine countermeasures vessel"</i></small> </p> </td> <td rowspan="6"><small><a href="/wiki/Naval_Group" title="Naval Group">Naval Group</a>,</small> <p><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=ECA_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ECA Group (page does not exist)">ECA Group</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECA_Group" class="extiw" title="fr:ECA Group">fr</a>]</span></small> </p><p><small>Piriou</small> </p> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Belgian_minehunter_Oostende" title="Belgian minehunter Oostende"><i>Oostende</i></a></small> </td> <td><small>M940</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000002025-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Aug 2025</span> <sup id="cite_ref-:2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </td> <td><small>Construction</small> </td> <td rowspan="6">2,800 tonnes </td> <td rowspan="6">Successor of the <a href="/wiki/Tripartite-class_minehunter" title="Tripartite-class minehunter"><i>Tripartite</i> class</a> in collaboration with the Royal Netherlands Navy announced in March 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Belgian_minehunter_Tournai_(M941)" title="Belgian minehunter Tournai (M941)"><i>Tournai</i></a></small> </td> <td><small>M941</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000002026-03-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Mar 2026</span> <sup id="cite_ref-:2_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </td> <td><small>Construction</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Belgian_minehunter_Brugge_(M942)" title="Belgian minehunter Brugge (M942)"><i>Brugge</i></a></small> </td> <td><small>M942</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000002026-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Dec 2026</span> <sup id="cite_ref-:2_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </td> <td><small>Construction</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Belgian_minehunter_Li%C3%A8ge_(M943)" title="Belgian minehunter Liège (M943)"><i>Liège</i></a></small> </td> <td><small>M943</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000002027-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Dec 2027</span> <sup id="cite_ref-:2_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </td> <td><small>Construction</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Belgian_minehunter_Antwerpen_(M944)" title="Belgian minehunter Antwerpen (M944)"><i>Antwerpen</i></a></small> </td> <td><small>M944</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000002028-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Dec 2028</span> <sup id="cite_ref-:2_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </td> <td><small>Under contract</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Belgian_minehunter_Rochefort_(M945)" title="Belgian minehunter Rochefort (M945)"><i>Rochefort</i></a></small> </td> <td><small>M945</small> </td> <td><small><span data-sort-value="000000002029-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Dec 2029</span> <sup id="cite_ref-:2_18-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </td> <td><small>Under contract</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="12">Patrol vessels (1) </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Castor-class_coastal_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Castor-class coastal patrol vessel"><i>Castor</i> class</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>1</b> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Castor_-_P901_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Castor_-_P901_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Castor_-_P901_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Castor_-_P901_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Castor_-_P901_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Castor_-_P901_%28cropped%29.jpg/400px-Castor_-_P901_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1836" data-file-height="990" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">Coastal patrol vessel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socarenam" title="Socarenam">SOCARENAM</a> <p><small>Sociéte Calaisienne de Réparation Navale et Mécanique</small> </p> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><small>–</small> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><small>–</small> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><small>Delivery first half of 2027</small> </td> <td><small>Under contract</small> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">455 tonnes </td> <td>In 2023 Belgium decided to get a third patrol ship to patrol the Belgian sector of the North Sea. <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Delivery in 2027. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aircraft operated by <a href="/wiki/40th_Squadron_Heli_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="40th Squadron Heli (Belgium)">40th Squadron Heli</a>, from the Belgian Air Component. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_fleet">Current fleet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Current fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Type </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Number </th> <th>Photo </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/NHIndustries_NH90" title="NHIndustries NH90"><b>NH90</b></a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Utility_helicopter" title="Utility helicopter">Utility helicopter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">search and rescue</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_(28002626845).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_%2828002626845%29.jpg/220px-NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_%2828002626845%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_%2828002626845%29.jpg/330px-NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_%2828002626845%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_%2828002626845%29.jpg/440px-NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_%2828002626845%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3824" data-file-height="2549" /></a></span> </td> <td>2013 The first NH90 helicopter was delivered and introduced into service replacing the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Westland Sea King</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alouette_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Alouette III">Alouette III</a> from 2014 onwards. <p>One NH90 is planned to be upgraded to an anti-submarine warfare helicopter. <sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future_aircraft">Future aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Future aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Programme </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Number </th> <th>Photo </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th><b>STAR Plan</b> <p><a href="/wiki/NHIndustries_NH90" title="NHIndustries NH90"><i><small>NH90 NFH ASW</small></i></a> </p> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">Anti-submarine helicopter</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_(28002626845).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_%2828002626845%29.jpg/220px-NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_%2828002626845%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_%2828002626845%29.jpg/330px-NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_%2828002626845%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_%2828002626845%29.jpg/440px-NH_Industries_NH90-NFH_%E2%80%98RN-02%E2%80%99_%2828002626845%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3824" data-file-height="2549" /></a></span> </td> <td>One NH90 is planned to be upgraded to a anti-submarine warfare helicopter. <sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b>STAR Plan</b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">Search and rescue helicopter</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td><small><i><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Search_and_rescue_(6242577241).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Search_and_rescue_%286242577241%29.jpg/220px-Search_and_rescue_%286242577241%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Search_and_rescue_%286242577241%29.jpg/330px-Search_and_rescue_%286242577241%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Search_and_rescue_%286242577241%29.jpg/440px-Search_and_rescue_%286242577241%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a></span></i></small> <p><small><i>(Illustration)</i></small> </p> </td> <td>Purchase of 4 new helicopters for SAR missions in order to enable the NH90 to be fully deployed on Belgian frigates <sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Past_fleet_list">Past fleet list</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Past fleet list"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Belgian Navy ships since 1945: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma-class_frigate" title="Tacoma-class frigate"><i>Tacoma</i>-class frigate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sheboygan_(PF-57)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Sheboygan (PF-57)">F910 <i>Victor Billet</i></a>, <i>Tacoma</i>-class frigate (decommissioned 1959, scrapped)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wielingen-class_frigate" title="Wielingen-class frigate"><i>Wielingen</i>-class frigate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_frigate_Wielingen_(F910)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian frigate Wielingen (F910)">F910 <i>Wielingen</i></a>, <i>Wielingen</i>-class frigate (decommissioned in the summer of 2007 and sold to Bulgaria)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_frigate_Westdiep_(F911)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian frigate Westdiep (F911)">F911 <i>Westdiep</i></a>, <i>Wielingen</i>-class frigate (decommissioned on 5 October 2007 and sold to Bulgaria)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_frigate_Wandelaar_(F912)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian frigate Wandelaar (F912)">F912 <i>Wandelaar</i></a>, <i>Wielingen</i>-class frigate (decommissioned and sold to Bulgaria in 2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_frigate_Westhinder_(F913)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian frigate Westhinder (F913)">F913 <i>Westhinder</i></a>, <i>Wielingen</i>-class frigate (decommissioned 1993, scrapped)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripartite-class_minehunter" title="Tripartite-class minehunter">Tripartite-class minehunter</a> <ul><li>M915 <i>Aster</i>, Tripartite minehunter</li> <li>M918 <i>Dianthus</i>, Tripartite minehunter (sold to France 1993)</li> <li>M919 <i>Fuchsia</i>, Tripartite minehunter (sold to France 1993)</li> <li>M920 <i>Iris</i>, Tripartite minehunter (sold to France 1993)</li> <li>M922 <i>Myosotis</i>, Tripartite minehunter (sold to Bulgaria 2007)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algerine-class_minesweeper" title="Algerine-class minesweeper"><i>Algerine</i>-class minesweeper</a> <ul><li>M900 <i>Adrien de Gerlache</i> (ex HMS <i>Liberty</i>, acquired 1949 – decommissioned 1969)</li> <li>M901 <i>Georges Lecointe</i> (i) (ex HMS <i>Cadmus</i>, acquired 1950 – decommissioned 1959)</li> <li>M901 <i>Georges Lecointe</i> (ii) (ex HMCS <i>Wallaceburg</i>, acquired 1959 – decommissioned 1969)</li> <li>M902 <i>Van Haverbeke</i> (i) (ex HMS <i>Ready</i> – acquired 1951 – decommissioned 1960)</li> <li>M903 <i>Dufour</i> (i) (ex HMS <i>Fancy</i> – acquired 1951 – decommissioned 1959)</li> <li>F903 <i>Dufour</i> (ii) (ex HMCS <i>Winnipeg</i> – acquired 1959 – decommissioned 1966)</li> <li>M904 <i>De Brouwer</i> (i) (ex HMS <i>Spanker</i> – acquired 1953 – decommissioned 1966)</li> <li>M905 <i>De Moor</i> (ex HMS <i>Rosario</i> – acquired 1953 – decommissioned 1966)</li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Van_ha10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Van_ha10.jpg/220px-Van_ha10.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Van_ha10.jpg/330px-Van_ha10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Van_ha10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="419" data-file-height="569" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of the M902 <i>Van Haverbeke.</i></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>MSO-class minesweeper (<a href="/wiki/Aggressive-class_minesweeper" title="Aggressive-class minesweeper"><i>Aggressive</i> class</a>) <ul><li>M902 <i>Van Haverbeke</i> (ii) (ex USN MSO522 – acquired 1960 – decommissioned)</li> <li>M903 <i>Dufour</i> (ex USN AM498 – ex USN MSO522 – ex Norwegian Navy M951 <i>Lagen</i> – acquired 1966 – decommissioned 1985)</li> <li>M904 <i>Debrouwer</i> (ex USN AM499 – ex USN MSO499 – ex Norwegian Navy M952 <i>Namsen</i> – acquired 1966 – decommissioned 1993)</li> <li>M906 <i>Breydel</i> (ex USN AM504, ex USN MSO504, acquired 1956 – decommissioned 1993)</li> <li>M907 <i>Artevelde</i> (ex USN AM503, ex USN MSO503, acquired 1955 – decommissioned 1985)</li> <li>M908 <i>Truffaut</i> (ex USN AM515, ex USN MSO515, acquired 1956 – decommissioned 1993)</li> <li>M909 <i>Bovesse</i> (ex USN AM516, ex USN MSO516, acquired 1957 – decommissioned 1993)</li> <li><i>Pico</i> (ex USN AM497 – ex USN MSO497 – ex Portuguese Navy M418 <i>Pico</i> – acquired 1974 for spares, subsequently stripped and abandoned, never commissioned)</li></ul></li> <li>MSC-class coastal minesweeper (including 26 <a href="/wiki/Adjutant-class_minesweeper" title="Adjutant-class minesweeper">Adjutant-class minesweepers</a> provided through US MDAP) <ul><li>M910 <i>Diest</i> (sold to Taiwan 1969)</li> <li>M911 <i>Eeklo</i> (sold to Taiwan 1969)</li> <li>M912 <i>Lier</i> (sold to Taiwan 1969)</li> <li>M913 <i>Maaseik</i> (sold to Taiwan 1969)</li> <li>M914 <i>Roeselare</i> (sold to Norway 1966)</li> <li>M915 <i>Arlon</i> (sold to Norway 1966)</li> <li>M916 <i>Bastogne</i> (sold to Norway 1966)</li> <li>M917 <i>Charleroi</i> (sold to Taiwan 1969)</li> <li>M918 <i>Sint-Niklaas</i> (sold to Taiwan 1969)</li> <li>M919 <i>Sint-Truiden</i> (sold to Greece 1969)</li> <li>M920 <i>Diksmuide</i> (sold to Taiwan 1969)</li> <li>M921 <i>Herve</i> (sold to Greece 1969)</li> <li>M922 <i>Malmedy</i> (sold to Greece 1969)</li> <li>M923 <i>Blankenberge</i> (sold to Greece 1969)</li> <li>M924 <i>Laroche</i> (sold to Greece 1969)</li> <li>M925 <i>De Panne</i> (retired from service 1969)</li> <li>M926 <i>Mechelen</i> (converted to research ship – decommissioned)</li> <li>M927 <i>Spa</i> (converted to munition transport and renumbered A963 – decommissioned and sold to a Dutch foundation, re-commissioned as museum ship AMS60 <i>Bernisse</i>)</li> <li>M928 <i>Stavelot</i> (decommissioned 1987)</li> <li>M929 <i>Heist</i> (decommissioned 1992)</li> <li>M930 <i>Rochefort</i> (decommissioned 1992)</li> <li>M931 <i>Knokke</i> (decommissioned 1976)</li> <li>M932 <i>Nieuwpoort</i> (decommissioned 1991)</li> <li>M933 <i>Koksijde</i> (decommissioned 1991)</li> <li>M934 <i>Verviers</i> (ex USN MSC259 – converted to minehunter 1972 – decommissioned 1988)</li> <li>M935 <i>Veurne</i> (ex USN MSC260 – converted to minehunter 1972 – decommissioned 1987)</li></ul></li> <li>MSI-class inshore minesweepers (similar to the British <a href="/wiki/Ham-class_minesweeper" title="Ham-class minesweeper">Ham</a> or <a href="/wiki/Ley-class_minehunter" title="Ley-class minehunter">Ley</a> classes) <ul><li>M470 <i>Temse</i> (sold to South Korea 1970)</li> <li>M471 <i>Hasselt</i> (decommissioned 1989; transferred to Belgian Sea Cadet Corps in 1993)</li> <li>M472 <i>Kortrijk</i> (decommissioned 1989)</li> <li>M473 <i>Lokeren</i> (decommissioned 1987)</li> <li>M474 <i>Turnhout</i> (decommissioned 1991)</li> <li>M475 <i>Tongeren</i> (decommissioned 1991)</li> <li>M476 <i>Merksem</i> (decommissioned 1992)</li> <li>M477 <i>Oudenaarde</i> (decommissioned 1989; stored on dry land in <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>)</li> <li>M478 <i>Herstal</i> (decommissioned 1991)</li> <li>M479 <i>Huy</i> (decommissioned 1990)</li> <li>M480 <i>Seraing</i> (decommissioned 1990)</li> <li>M481 <i>Tournai</i> (sold to South Korea 1970)</li> <li>M482 <i>Visé</i> (decommissioned 1991)</li> <li>M483 <i>Ougrée</i> (decommissioned 1992; she is in civilian ownership on the <a href="/wiki/River_Medway" title="River Medway">River Medway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chatham,_Medway" class="mw-redirect" title="Chatham, Medway">Chatham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, England (2007))</li> <li>M484 <i>Dinant</i> (decommissioned 1992)</li> <li>M485 <i>Andenne</i> (decommissioned 1991)</li></ul></li> <li>Motorminesweeper 105 class <ul><li>M940 (decommissioned 1954)</li> <li>M941 (decommissioned 1954)</li> <li>M942 (decommissioned 1954)</li> <li>M943 (decommissioned 1954)</li> <li>M944 (decommissioned 1954)</li> <li>M945 (decommissioned 1954)</li> <li>M946 (decommissioned 1954)</li> <li>M947 (decommissioned 1954)</li></ul></li> <li>Miscellaneous combatant vessels <ul><li><i>Barcock</i> (<a href="/wiki/Bar-class_boom_defence_vessel" title="Bar-class boom defence vessel">Bar-class boom defence vessel</a>); ex-Royal Navy <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Barcock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Barcock (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Barcock</i></a>; acquired 1946; returned 1949)</li> <li><i>Bootsman Jonson</i> (minesweeper; ex-Kriegsmarine V1001; acquired 1944; decommissioned 1949)</li> <li><i>Bootsman Jonson 2</i> (minesweeper; ex-Kriegsmarine V1300; acquired 1948; decommissioned 1952)</li></ul></li> <li>Patrol boats <ul><li>P900 <i>Ijzer</i> (decommissioned 1969; fate unknown)</li> <li>P901 <i>Leie</i> (decommissioned 1983; sold privately; acquired by <a href="/wiki/Royal_Belgian_Sea_Cadet_Corps" title="Royal Belgian Sea Cadet Corps">Royal Belgian Sea Cadet Corps</a> in later sale)</li> <li>P902 <i>Dender</i> (sold in 1954 without being commissioned)</li> <li>P902 <i>Liberation</i> (decommissioned 2011; donated to acquired by Royal Belgian Sea Cadet Corps in 2012)</li> <li>P903 <i>Meuse</i> (decommissioned 1983; on display at Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>)</li> <li>P904 <i>Sambre</i> (decommissioned 1983; donated to Royal Belgian Sea Cadet Corps 1985)</li> <li>P905 <i>Schelde</i> (decommissioned 1983; stored on dry land in <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>)</li> <li>P906 <i>Semois</i> (decommissioned 1983; sold privately 1985; sunk during storm in Alicante, Spain 1992)</li> <li>P907 <i>Rupel</i> (decommissioned 1983; sold privately 1985; awaiting overhaul by current owner)</li> <li>P908 <i>Ourthe</i> (decommissioned 1983; sold privately 1985; fate unknown)</li></ul></li> <li>Auxiliary ships <ul><li>A950 <i>Sub-Lieutenant Valcke</i> (tug; built 1951; decommissioned 1980; sold privately)</li> <li>A951 <i>Hommel</i> (harbor tug; built in Germany 1953; decommissioned 1999)</li> <li>A952 <i>Wesp</i> (harbor tug; built in Germany 1953; decommissioned 1984)</li> <li>A952 <i>Bij</i> (harbour tug; built in The Netherlands 1959; decommissioned 1986)</li> <li>A955 <i>Eupen</i> (decommissioned 1966)</li> <li>A956 <i>Krekel</i> (harbour tug; built in Belgium 1961; decommissioned 1986)</li> <li>A957 <i>Kamina</i> (former German U-boat tender <i>Herman von Wissmann</i>; also wore pennant numbers AP907 and AP957; decommissioned 1967)</li> <li>A959 <i>Mier</i> (harbour tug; decommissioned 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_ship_Godetia_(A960)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian ship Godetia (A960)">A960 <i>Godetia</i></a> (MCM Logistics & Command ship, decommissioned 2021)</li> <li>A961 <i>Zinnia</i> (supply ship; decommissioned 1993; scrapped 2007)</li> <li>A962 <i>Mechelen</i> (ex-M926 <i>Mechelen</i>; converted to research ship 1963; decommissioned 1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borys_Aleksandrov_(research_vessel)" title="Borys Aleksandrov (research vessel)">A962 <i>Belgica</i></a> (decommissioned 2021, gifted to Ukraine)</li> <li>A963 <i>Spa</i> (ex-M927 <i>Spa</i>; converted to munitions transport ship 1978; decommissioned and sold 1993)</li> <li>A963 <i>Stern</i>, (ex-Swedish coastguard ship, laid down 1979, in Belgian service 2000, decommissioned 2014) Ready Duty Ship</li> <li>A964 <i>Heist</i> (ex-M929 <i>Heist</i>; converted to auxiliary ship 1978; reconverted to M929 <i>Heist</i> 1985)</li> <li>A983 <i>Quatuor</i> (royal yacht; sold 2013)</li> <li>A996 <i>Albatros</i> (ready duty ship; decommissioned 2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffon_2000TD_hovercraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Griffon 2000TD hovercraft">A999 <i>Barbara</i></a>, hovercraft (decommissioned 2009)</li> <li><i>Avila</i> (royal yacht; on display at Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>)</li> <li><i>Inga 1</i> (tug; built 1959; abandoned in <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Congo" title="Belgian Congo">Belgian Congo</a> 1960)</li> <li><i>MTL551</i> (motor transport launch; ex-US Navy MTL551; acquired 1947; sold 1953)</li></ul></li> <li>Inland waterways barges <ul><li>A998 <i>Ekster</i> (munitions transport barge; acquired 1953; decommissioned 1979)</li> <li>FN1 (abandoned in <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Congo" title="Belgian Congo">Belgian Congo</a> 1960)</li> <li>FN2 (abandoned in <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Congo" title="Belgian Congo">Belgian Congo</a> 1960)</li> <li>FN3 (abandoned in <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Congo" title="Belgian Congo">Belgian Congo</a> 1960)</li> <li>FN4 (decommissioned 1982)</li> <li>FN5 (decommissioned 1982)</li> <li>FN6 (decommissioned 1982)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Belgian_naval_aircraft_since_1945">Belgian naval aircraft since 1945</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Belgian naval aircraft since 1945"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Type </th> <th>Origin </th> <th>Variants </th> <th>Period of service </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Aircraft serial </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aerospatiale_Alouette_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospatiale Alouette III">Aerospatiale Alouette III</a></td> <td>France</td> <td>SA.316B Alouette III</td> <td>1971 - 2021</td> <td>Three helicopters</td> <td>M </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-58" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikorsky S-58">Sikorsky S-58</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td>HSS-1 Seabat</td> <td>1962 - 1971</td> <td>Two helicopters</td> <td>B </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>See <a href="/wiki/Belgian_aircraft_registration_and_serials" title="Belgian aircraft registration and serials">Belgian aircraft registration and serials</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Navy&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Belgian_Sea_Cadet_Corps" title="Royal Belgian Sea Cadet Corps">Royal Belgian Sea Cadet Corps</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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Brussels: Renaissance du Livre. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/18663047">18663047</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=La+marine+de+guerre+belge+%281830%E2%80%931940%29&rft.place=Brussels&rft.pub=Renaissance+du+Livre&rft.date=1945&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F18663047&rft.aulast=Leconte&rft.aufirst=Louis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelgian+Navy" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFVan_Raemdonck2000" class="citation book cs1">Van Raemdonck, Jasper (2000). <i>Het Belgisch Marinekorps, 1939-1940</i>. Erpe: De Krijger. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789072547873" title="Special:BookSources/9789072547873"><bdi>9789072547873</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Het+Belgisch+Marinekorps%2C+1939-1940&rft.place=Erpe&rft.pub=De+Krijger&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=9789072547873&rft.aulast=Van+Raemdonck&rft.aufirst=Jasper&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelgian+Navy" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKoninckx2020" class="citation book cs1">Koninckx, Christian (2020). <i>De Belgische Marine sedert 1946 : Een geschiedenis</i>. Tielt: Lannoo. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782390251491" title="Special:BookSources/9782390251491"><bdi>9782390251491</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=De+Belgische+Marine+sedert+1946+%3A+Een+geschiedenis&rft.place=Tielt&rft.pub=Lannoo&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=9782390251491&rft.aulast=Koninckx&rft.aufirst=Christian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelgian+Navy" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFDelogeSterkendries1997" class="citation journal cs1">Deloge, Pascal; Sterkendries, Jean-Michel (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.persee.fr/doc/rharm_0035-3299_1997_num_206_1_4634">"Une histoire de braves marins et de petits navires. La Marine belge en Europe"</a>. <i>Revue historique des Armées</i>. <b>206</b> (1): <span class="nowrap">111–</span>122. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3406%2Frharm.1997.4634">10.3406/rharm.1997.4634</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Revue+historique+des+Arm%C3%A9es&rft.atitle=Une+histoire+de+braves+marins+et+de+petits+navires.+La+Marine+belge+en+Europe&rft.volume=206&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E111-%3C%2Fspan%3E122&rft.date=1997&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3406%2Frharm.1997.4634&rft.aulast=Deloge&rft.aufirst=Pascal&rft.au=Sterkendries%2C+Jean-Michel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.persee.fr%2Fdoc%2Frharm_0035-3299_1997_num_206_1_4634&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelgian+Navy" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Navy" title="Bulgarian Navy">Bulgarian Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Royal Canadian Navy">Royal Canadian Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Navy" title="Croatian Navy">Croatian Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Navy" title="Royal Danish Navy">Royal Danish Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia"><img alt="Estonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Estonian_Navy" title="Estonian Navy">Estonian Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Navy" title="Finnish Navy">Finnish Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/German_Navy" title="German Navy">German Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Navy" title="Hellenic Navy">Hellenic Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland"><img alt="Iceland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_Coast_Guard" title="Icelandic Coast Guard">Icelandic Coast Guard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_Navy" title="Italian Navy">Italian Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia"><img alt="Latvia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Latvian_Naval_Forces" title="Latvian Naval Forces">Latvian Naval Forces</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Naval_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian Naval Force">Lithuanian Naval Force</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro"><img alt="Montenegro" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Montenegrin_Navy" title="Montenegrin Navy">Montenegrin Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Navy" title="Royal Netherlands Navy">Royal Netherlands Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy" title="Royal Norwegian Navy">Royal Norwegian Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Polish_Navy" title="Polish Navy">Polish Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal"><img alt="Portugal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Navy" title="Portuguese Navy">Portuguese Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania"><img alt="Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romanian_Naval_Forces" title="Romanian Naval Forces">Romanian Naval Forces</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia"><img alt="Slovenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Slovenian_Navy" title="Slovenian Navy">Slovenian Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Navy" title="Spanish Navy">Spanish Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Navy" title="Swedish Navy">Swedish Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Naval_Forces" title="Turkish Naval Forces">Turkish Naval Forces</a></span></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span 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