Where to start reading about the Belgian Navy

Can the panel recommend books about the Belgian Navy?

Start with Louis Leconte for the history through 1940 and Christian Koninckx for the post-1946 naval force, using translations where available.

Belgian naval history has a smaller English-language literature than the major European fleets. The panel points first to Louis Leconte's work on the service through 1940, originally published in the immediate postwar period. A newer study by Christian Koninckx covers the force from its 1946 re-establishment into the postwar era. Because the principal scholarship is Belgian and commonly published in French or Flemish, readers may need to seek translations rather than expect a large native English bibliography.