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HMS Belfast |
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HMS Belfast Laid Down : 10th December 1936 Launched : 17th March 1938 Completed : 5th August 1939 Type : Cruiser Class : Edinburgh Builder : Harland and Wolff Country : UK Pennants : C35 Fate : Preserved as museum ship in 1971 |
| Displacement: 10,000 tons Speed: 32kt Complement: 850 Armament: Twelve 6 inch guns in threes. Twelve 4 inch anti-aircraft guns in pairs and sixteen 2pdr anti-aircraft guns in mounts of eight as well as eight 0.5 inch machine guns in pairs. Six 21 inch torpedo tubes in threes and 3 aircraft. |
HMS Belfast Photos for Sale |
  HMS Belfast |   HMS Belfast |   HMS Belfast |   HMS Belfast. Arriving at Portsmouth, June 1999. |   HMS Belfast. Leaving Portsmouth, July 1999. |
  HMS Belfast, fitting out, 1938. |   HMS Belfast, fitting out, 1939. |   HMS Belfast, 1939. |   HMS Belfast, August 1939. |   HMS Belfast, 1946. |
  HMS Belfast, October 1948. |   HMS Belfast, October 1948. |   HMS Belfast, June 1959. |   HMS Belfast, June 1959. |   HMS Belfast, April 1971. |
  HMS Belfast, September 1971. |   HMS Belfast, September 1971. |   HMS Belfast, March 1972. |   HMS Belfast. |   HMS Belfast pictured c.1953 |
  HMS Belfast |
Other images featuring this ship : | |
 HMS Hampshire, with HMS Belfast, March 1976. | |
Timeline Entries : | |||
10th December 1936 - Laid down 17th March 1938 - Pennant Number 35 17th March 1938 - Launched 3rd August 1939 - Commissioned 3rd August 1939 - 2nd Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet 14th August 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for the Humber 24th August 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 31st August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Deployed in the North Sea between the Orkneys and Norway. 3rd September 1939 - 18th Cruiser Squadron Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 1st October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow on the 1st for Northern Patrol 8th October 1939 - Stopped Swedish steamer Liljevalch but allowed her to continue after inspection 9th October 1939 - Stopped Norwegian steamer TaiI Yin, sending her into Kirkwall to check for contraband. 9th October 1939 - Sighted and captured German liner Cap Norte carrying German reservists from South America 13th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 14th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Loch Ewe. Arrived Same Day 15th October 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe 26th October 1939 - Arrived at Clyde for Refitting 8th November 1939 - Completed refit on the Clyde 8th November 1939 - Sailed the Clyde 9th November 1939 - Formed part of a Striking Force at Rosyth 11th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth to join the Humber Force at Immingham 17th November 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 20th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth for gunnery exercises, and arrived back later that day 21st November 1939 - Struck a mine laid by a U.21 near May Island 21st November 1939 - Sailed the Firth of Forth on gunnery exercises 28th June 1940 - Sailed Rosyth for Plymouth 3rd July 1940 - Arrived Plymouth 11th February 1942 - At Devonport 3rd November 1942 - Repairs Complete 23rd May 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 15th June 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 23rd December 1943 - Sailed Murmansk 26th December 1943 - Participated in the Battle of North Cape 26th December 1943 - Sighted and Attacked Scharnhorst 17th February 1944 - Sailed Scapa Floww for evolutions. Returned same day 4th April 1944 - 10th Cruiser Squadron 4th April 1944 - Flagship of the 10th Cruiser Squadron 24th April 1944 - Relinquished Flagship status 4th June 1944 - Sailed Greenock 4th June 1944 - 10th Cruiser Squadron 6th June 1944 - At Normandy Landings 6th June 1944 - Participated in the Normandy Landings 6th June 1944 - Flagship of Rear Admiral Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton November 1944 - British Pacific Fleet November 1944 - Capt. R. M. Dick, CBE, DSC 10th September 1945 - Arrived Kiirun Formosa 11th September 1945 - Sailed Kiirun Formosa 4th September 1949 - Arrived Hong Kong 5th August 1952 - Hit by shell off the Korean west coast 20th August 1959 - Searched for crashed Victor II Bomber 19th June 1962 - Arrived Portsmouth after three years on the Far East Station 1971 - Preserved | |||
HMS Belfast Artwork Collection |
  HMS Norfolk at the Battle of the North Cape by Ivan Berryman. |   HMS Belfast During the Battle of North Cape by Randall Wilson. |   HMS Belfast by Robert Taylor. |
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Last edited : 20:17, February 25, 2011
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