Hello,

Here a list of the Belgian fishing vessels lost during the period Dec 1944-1945

Regards

Maurice


O 5 GERMAINE-ALPHONSE 13.12.1944 mine Dutch coast 53°59,5N-04°E
1940 seized by the Germans renamed H 3xx
18,34 grt 5,52 n blt 1912 Ostend Deutz 20 HP Lievin Claeysens

O 121 CHARLOTTE 15.10.1945 collision avec une épave

O 143 St JAN 28.3.1945 mine 5 dead M/S 51°30'N-03°00'E
23,35 grt 10,26 nrt blt 1943 Boom ABC 80 HP Wwe Dequick no survivors

O 157 SIMONNE 26.4.1945 mine 2 dead and M/S off Belgian coast
17,75 grt 8,23 nrt blt 1942 Ostende ABC 34 HP O. De Potter 2 wounded NNW Ostend

O 159 TRANSPORT blt 1928 Cook, Welton & 23.10.1945 M/S 13 tués between Doggersbank and Ostend
342,56 grt 147 nrt Gemmell, Beverley steam Armement Ostendais SA 2 survivants recueillis par le navire hollandais
ss VANDEVELDE le 24

O 222 RAYMONDE 10.1.1945 storm stranded off Middelkerke

O 303 ONS WELZIJN 10.4.1945 mine 4 dead M/S 54°05'N-05°14'W
31.7.1940 commissioned by Royal Navy (examination service Dartmouth)
Immediately transferred to Polish Navy as P 12 (II) 1 survivor
24.10.1940 returned to Royal Navy
1943: Mine Watching Service in Dartmouth
73,49 grt 26,03 nrt blt 1930 Ostend Deutz 150 HP Pierre Van Steene

O 306 FRANS-SUZANNE Dec 1944 Ac/B in DD, La Rochelle
11.10.1940 became German M 4217 22.8.1944 laid up
107,37 grt 39,03 n blt 1935 Temse Deutz 240 HP Frans Huyseune

B 11 SCARPHOUT 24.1.1945 mine 1 dead plus M/S Zeebrugge harbour
3 wounded
16,70 grt 5,41 nrt blt 1933 Ostend Deutz 40 HP Albert Soete (?)

B 14 JULIA DENISE 3.8.1945 M/S
36 grt

B 65 PINGOUIN 30.7.1945 mine 5 dead M/S 51°27'N-03°01'E
27 grt (selon faire-part décès: 2.8.1945)

B 96 ALBERIC 27.2.1945 mine 2 survivors
19 grt

Z 5 LUCETTE 4.10.1945 mine 3 dead quid ??
21 grt
(note: ex H 43)

Z 5 YVONNE MAURICE fin octobre 1945 tempête 5 morts off Dutch coast
53,09 grt 21,71 n blt 1918 L. Van Torre

Z 8 ERIC AGNES 13.4.1945 mine 4 dead M/S off Blankenberghe
31 grt

Z 22 MYTILLUS 15.10.1945 collision avec une épave 2 m NNW Knokke

Z 119 RENE lost 1945 ex N 119

Z 121 NELLY 20.3.1945 mine 5 dead M/S 51°30'N-03°20'E
32,00 grt 12,30 nrt blt 1943 Catoor L
ex B 121

Z 126 RENE 11.9.1945 mine ? 5 dead near Brixham
15 grt Rederij Viaene

H 43 RAYMONDE RAPHAEL 4.10.1945 quid ??
43,66 grt 17,88 n blt 1929 Bruges Kromhout 100 HP Louis Dobbelaere

N 48 MARTHE ROBERT (ou MARTHA ROLAND ?) 22.12.1944 mine 5 dead M/S 1/2 m WNW Nieuwpoort
46,17 grt 19,56 nrt blt 1904 Lowestoft Kromhout 100 HP (or characteristics from another ship ??)

N 59 AMELIA GUSTAVE 22.12.1944 mine 4 dead M/S 1/2 m WNW Nieuwpoort
59 grt (ou AMELIA JUSTINA ?)

N 63 SINCERITY 25.8.1945 échouage op de Rassen

N 68 BALTIC II 12.3.1945 torpedo caught in nets 4 dead lost
37 grt exploded

N 101 LUCIENNE 31.7.1945 M/S 3 dead lost
12 grt

N 140 CHARLES VELGHE 22.11.1945 sprang a leak and sank

N 145 ZENOBIE VELGHE 19.2.1945 mine 4 dead M/S 6 m NW Ostend

BOU 20 CECILE 4.2.1945 mine 4 dead M/S off Oostduinkerke

P 59 MADELEINE 12.9.1945 bomb (taken in net) 2 dead 100 m from the shore !
(rowing boat)