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Belgian ship A4
Patrol vessel ''A4'' () was a small operated by Belgium during the Second World War. Originally built for the British Royal Navy, as HMS ''John Ebbs'', the ship is notable for its 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 its crew interned themselves in neutral Spain. In 1946, the vessel and its crew were released and the ship was scrapped soon afterwards.
==Background==
''Pilote 4'' (later renamed ''Patrouilleur A4'') was purchased by the Belgian ''Corps de Marine'' in 1920, having previously served in the British Royal Navy during the First World War as HMS ''John Ebbs'' (FY3566). The vessel was a Mersey-class naval trawler, built by Cochranes in Selby, North Yorkshire, and was launched on 2 October 1917.〔 Displacing , the vessel was long, and had a draught of .〔 Fitted with engines that were capable of producing , it could travel at between 9 and 10 knots.〔 With a complement of 27, the Belgians armed the ship with two Maxim machine guns on the bridge and a 47mm gun at the stern.〔〔 In 1939, ''A4'' was waiting to be scrapped, but the deteriorating international situation caused by German expansionism led to its reactivation by the Ministry of National Defence.
Because of Belgium's neutral status in the early stages of the Second World War, ''A4'' had large Belgian tricolours painted on each side of its hull, as well as the word "BELGIË" (Dutch for "Belgium") in white, to prevent it being mistaken for a belligerent ship. After Belgium was invaded by German forces on 10 May 1940, it was not repainted.
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