What is known about this ship
Bellis (M916) is documented as one ship in the Belgian Aster-class (Flower-class) Tripartite minehunter.
Service history
Decommissioned from Belgian Navy service. A later donation to Bulgaria has been announced, but no Bulgarian service identity is created before documented handover/commissioning.
Class context: Belgian Aster-class (Flower-class) Tripartite minehunter
Belgium built ten Tripartite minehunters commonly associated with the Aster/Flower naming group. Transfers to France, Bulgaria and Ukraine are retained as later identities on the same ships.
Later service and disposition
Decommissioned from Belgian Navy service. A later donation to Bulgaria has been announced, but no Bulgarian service identity is created before documented handover/commissioning.
Class relationship
This ship is recorded as a member of Belgian Aster-class (Flower-class) Tripartite minehunter. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.
Sources and further reading
- Tripartite-class minehunter ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-20
- De la classe Tripartite à la classe City : les nouveaux défis de la Marine belge ↗À l’Avant-Garde · accessed 2026-09-20