A4

Patrol vessel A4 was a small Mersey-class trawler operated by Belgium during the Second World War. Originally built for the British Royal Navy, as HMS John Ebbs, the ship is notable for her role in evacuating Belgian gold reserves to England during the Battle of Belgium in May 1940. The success of the operation not only allowed the Belgian government in exile to fund its operations but deprived the German occupiers of an important asset to support their war effort. After the Belgian surrender, the vessel and her crew interned themselves in neutral Spain. Both crew and vessel were released in 1946 and A4 was scrapped soon afterwards.

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Belgian ship A4; John Ebbs; Patrouilleur A4; Pilote 4
Mersey-class naval trawler, naval trawler, Cochrane Shipbuilders, Belgian Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

ship breaking

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1917-10-02T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

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