High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Naval Component (Dutch: Marinecomponent, French: Composante Maritime) of the Belgian Armed Forces, formerly the Belgian Navy, is the naval service of Belgium. The Belgian Navy was created as the Marine Royale in 1831. This force has operated in various forms throughout Belgian history. When after the Belgian Revolution, the country became independent in 1830, a Dutch squadron blocked the Scheldt estuarium. To deal with this threat the Belgian Congress ordered two brigantines to be built, which bore the names Congres and Les Quatre Journees. After the French army, led by Marshal of France Etienne Gerard, captured the citadel of Antwerp in 1832, the captured Dutch gun boats were pressed into Belgian service.

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