A number of steamships have been named Belgica. , a barque-rigged ship used in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1901. , built by The Strand Slipway Co, Sunderland. As Fertilia, she was torpedoed and sunk by HMS Thunderbolt on 30 January 1942 , built by The Pusey & Jones Co, Wilmington, Delaware. Laid down as War Compass. Scrapped in 1960 , survey vessel of the Belgian navy Ship names