HMS Princess Beatrix HMS Princess Beatrix HMS "Princess Beatrix" was a commando troop ship of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Built as a civilian passenger liner in 1939 by De Schelde at Vlissingen, she was named the MS "Prinses Beatrix", after Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, and operated by Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland (SMZ) (The Zealand Steamship Company) between Flushing and Harwich, along with her sister ship, MS "Koningin Emma". After fleeing to Britain after the German invasion in 1940, she was requisitioned by the British Ministry of War Transport, renamed HMS "Princess Beatrix" and converted to a troopship at Harland
The Tales of Beatrix Potter (ballet) The Tales of Beatrix Potter (ballet) The Tales of Beatrix Potter is a 1992 ballet adapted for stage by Anthony Dowell from a 1971 film that was choreographed by Frederick Ashton that in turn was based on the children's books by Beatrix Potter. It is reported that Ashton himself did not want his original 1971 film to be transferred to the stage. However, in 1992 Anthony Dowell did so by adapting the "Tales of Beatrix Potter." Dowell worked with the original film designer Christine Edzard and mask-maker Rostislav Doboujinsky. "The Tales of Beatrix Potter" premièred on stage at the Royal