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The Belgian Merchant Navy at War · 1830–today

Ship listEvery ship, with her crew and her end TimelineFrom 1830 to today, loss after loss ConvoysWhich convoy they sailed in, and by what route U-boatsThe submarines that sank them
Crew membersEvery name from the crew lists, searchable ShipownersThe shipping companies and what was left of their fleets
The storyWhat the Belgian merchant navy did between 1939 and 1945 The Belgian NavyWhere the navy came from, and why not out of the merchant service DocumentariesFilms and broadcasts worth watching
All conflicts1830 to now, from the closing of the Scheldt to piracy
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Ship	Date lost or attacked	Rank	Fate	Note
S/S LEOPOLDVILLE	24 December 1944	Laundryman	Survived

Crew lists transcribed from a post-war printed source on the Belgian merchant navy, supplemented from reference works on the U-boat war. See Sources and method.

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