Translate

Friday 5 July 2019

Belgian navy lacking enough sailors according to the Dutch newspaper De Tijd dated 17 April 1924

An item reported that although Belgium had her own navy she was still lacking enough sailors to man her. Recently decided the Belgian to solve this problem to place some orphans on board of the training ship Ibis at Oostende. The boys became orphans when the Belgian steamship Chilier was lost with all men on board.