14 February 1945 A.D. HMCN (Ostend, Belgium): 12 of 15 Boats of 29th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla Lost to Accidental Fire & Explosions—60 Sailors Lost
14 February 1945 A.D. HMCN (Ostend, Belgium): 12 of 15 Boats of 29 th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla Lost to Accidental Fire & Explosions—60 Sailors Lost http://canadasnavalmemorial.ca/history/this-month-in-rcn-history/ February 14, 1945 Most vessels of the 29th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla, based at Ostend, Belgium, and commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Tony Law, RCNVR, are destroyed by an accidental fire and explosion. Only three boats are saved, twelve boats are lost and over sixty members of the crews are killed.