Belgian minehunter Bellis (M916)

"Bellis" (M916) is a of the Belgian Naval Component, launched on 14 February 1986 at the Mercantile-Belyard shipyard in Rupelmonde and christened by Ellen Goffinet-Rosman, the wife of the then Mayor of Arlon, on 18 September 1986. The patronage of "Bellis" was accepted by the city of Arlon. It was the second of the Belgian Tripartite-class minehunters.
Commissioned on 13 August 1986, the ship participated the rescue of the survivors of ferry in March 1987 which had capsized outside the port of Zeebrugge.
"Bellis" was attached to NATO's Mine Countermeasure Force (North) (MCMFORNORTH) in 1987, 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2004, and to Mine Countermeasures Force (South) (MCMFORSOUTH) in 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2003.