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Monday 22 August 2016

Belgian river patrol vessel Liberation (ex-P 902-1954-2012) V902 2012-

Inner harbour of Oostende, Belgium 28 May 2016

Belgium-flagged, original homeport Leopoldsburg. Displacement 27,50 tons and as dimensions 26,00 x 3,90 x 0,90 metres. Of the Liberation class river patrol vessels. Former P902 Liberartion 1954-2012. Crew numbered 5 men. Speed 19,00 knots. Decommissioned in 2012 and sold by the Royal Belgian Navy to the Royal Belgian Sea Cadet Corps in 2012. ENI 06105553. Built by Theodor Hitzler, Regensburg, Germany in 1954. Originally part of the Belgian Rhine flotilla 1954-1960 which patrolled on the Rhine between the entrance and Cöln, Germany with as homeport Niehl.