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After three and a half years, the R / V Belgica ( Research Vessel ), the new oceanographic research vessel, finally arrived in its home port of Zeebrugge on Monday 13 December. Around eight o’clock, its imposing appearance takes shape in the darkness. For the last part of the Scheur-Zand route, towards the port of Zeebrugge, the Belgica was escorted…
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June 25, 2021 (Google Translation) – From June 19 to 21, 2021, the Public Service Patroller (PSP) Cormoran visited Zeebrugge, Belgium. During this period, the Cherbourg crew conducted several exchanges with the Belgian special forces. The French crew thus seized the opportunity to carry out two opportunity exercises ( Passe exercise – PASSEX). First, the Belgian Special Operations Boat Unit…
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May 28, 2021 (Google Translation) – The sailing vessel Zenobe Gramme and the harbor tugs of the Navy de Mier, de Wasp and de Zeemeeuw officially changed their flag during a ceremony that took place on 28 May at the naval base of Zeebrugge. The creation of this new flag dates back to October 2018, when the Navy was looking…
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May 13, 2021 (Google Translation) – The frigate Leopold I is moored in the morning of Thursday 13 May in the naval base of Zeebrugge. The ship and its 160-strong crew will only stay in port for a few days. They will then join a fleet of NATO ships to participate in the Formidable Shield 21 exercise on the Atlantic…
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January 13, 2021 (Google Translation) – On January 12th, minehunter Datteln left her homeport of Kiel to become part of NATO’s SNMCMG1. One crewmember is also a US exchange sailor providing support in the field of sonar. The first part of the roughly three-month mission will take Datteln to the North Sea, before heading back to the Baltic Sea at…
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By Mark Karau Seaforth Publishing Pages: 276 ISBN: 9781848322318 Published: 10th February 2015 In 1914, Germany occupied the Belgian ports of Ostend, Zeebrugge and Brugges as part of the Schlieffen Plan, the invasion of France through Belgium. With these ports closer to England than Germany, Marinekorps Flanders was formed. This would eventually include a naval air station, flotillas of naval…
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