Messines
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Messines may refer to:
- MesenMesenMesen is a city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality only comprises the town of Mesen proper. On January 1, 2006, Mesen had a total population of 988. The total area is 3.58 km² which gives a population density of 276 inhabitants per km².Mesen is the smallest city in...
, a village in Belgium- Battle of MessinesBattle of MessinesThe Battle of Messines was a battle of the Western front of the First World War. It began on 7 June 1917 when the British Second Army under the command of General Herbert Plumer launched an offensive near the village of Mesen in West Flanders, Belgium...
, World War I,
- Battle of Messines
- Messines, QuebecMessines, QuebecMessines is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. It includes the population centres of Messines and Farley.In 1840, the village of Messines was known by the name of Burbridge. The consolidation of this community, at the start of the 1900s, was thanks to the arrival of the railway,...
- HMCS MessinesHMCS MessinesHMCS Messines was one of twelve Battle class naval trawlers used by the Royal Canadian Navy . Named after the Battle of Messines, she was built by Polson Iron Works, in Toronto, Ontario. Commissioned on 13 November 1917, she was handed over to the Department of Marine and Fisheries following her...
, one of twelve Battle class naval trawlers used by the Royal Canadian Navy - Messines, Queensland