SS Brussels scuttled off Zeebrugge in 1918 by the Germans and her former Captain,Charles Fryatt, executed by the Germans

Postally unused, removed from postcard book (no 12 in the series produced by a Brussels photographer. In very good condition.

SS Brussels was a passenger ferry originally built in 1902 for the British Great Eastern Railway. In 1915, she tried to ram U-33. The ship was captured by Germany in 1916 and her captain, Charles Algernon Fryatt (1872 – 1916) was executed after the Germans discovered his deed. "Brussels" was renamed "Brugge" and used as a depôt ship at Zeebrugge, Belgium.

In October 1918, Brugge was scuttled by the Germans when they evacuated the port. The ship was raised by the Belgian Government and presented to the Admiralty in 1920. She was repaired and later renamed Lady Brussels. She was employed as an Irish Sea ferry, serving until scrapped in 1929.

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