Finis Bellis

The Finis Bellis (Latin for " the end of the war "; , even after their Spanish or French name as Fin de la Guerra or Fin de la Guerre called ) was a warship of the Dutch rebels, which at the siege of Antwerp in 1585 against the Spanish attacker was used.

The ship had in the middle of a large, rectangular turret, were posted on the numerous cannons and about a thousand musketeers. According to some sources, it was also armored with thick iron plates. His name should give the high hopes expressed, which put the hard-pressed Dutch defenders in their construction to turn the tide against the Spanish besiegers. When you first use the exceedingly heavy ship ran aground in the shallow waters around Antwerp, however, promptly because, after which it mockingly to Los gastos perdidos ( The Lost expenditure) has been renamed by some Spaniards.

After an additional failure of Antwerp, in which again all forces were mobilized, also went without success, the rebels remained only the path of surrender in August 1585.