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HMS Belfast, Korea World Naval Ships Forums Archive

HMS Belfast, Korea

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First post of a set of images of Belfast & others, early 1950s.
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[QUOTE=Andy Waugh;10022285]First post of a set of images of Belfast & others, early 1950s.[/QUOTE] Hi Andy, great pics, you'd soon run a mile if 'pic 3' was bearing down on you. Alan

Great Pictures Andy.. I agree with Alan.. Scarey...

A great set of photos Andy, many thanks for posting them. Jim

Lovely pictures, Andy. Can't wait for the next lot. Steve

HMS Belfast Part 2.
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Excellent pics, i have not seen before, many thanks tim

Brilliant photos Andy - thank you very much

Thanks for the appreciative comments, some more for you.
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Some images of other ships from the Belfast collection. Some better than others I'm afraid & some from small originals so enlargement can't be pushed too far.
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Last batch from the Belfast collection.
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Andy: The picture of HMCS Athabaskan (Post 1) tied up with HMS Belfast and HMAS Sydney speaks volumes about the three leading Commonwealth navies and the heritage they share. Belfast provided fire support for the Canadian Army during the landings on Juno Beach in the Normandy landings in June 1944. I have visited this fine ship in London on several occasions. Athabaskan's older sister HMCS Haida, sometimes known as the "fightingnest ship" of the RCN, is preserved in Hamilton, Ontario. The Tribal Class destroyers provided outstanding service to all three navies. Sydney was a sister ship to HMS/HMCS Magnificent and the much modified HMCS Bonaventure. Brian

Thanks for the photographs as always Andy. :) Does anybody have an idea of the name or number of the rocket firing ship in Andy's last post?? :confused:

[QUOTE=Brian Wentzell;10023176] Sydney was a sister ship to HMS/HMCS Magnificent and the much modified HMCS Bonaventure. Brian[/QUOTE] As well as the "much modified" HMAS Melbourne and the "much modified" INS Vikrant (and the never-completed Leviathan).

[QUOTE=Andy Waugh;10023132]Last batch from the Belfast collection.[/QUOTE] Another lot of good photos, Andy. Thanks for posting them. Steve

Andy, post#10, the carrier in photo No. 3, do you know which one ?

[QUOTE=astraltrader;10023180]Thanks for the photographs as always Andy. :) Does anybody have an idea of the name or number of the rocket firing ship in Andy's last post?? :confused:[/QUOTE] I was looking for that myself, Terry, and not having any luck so far. There were 48 Medium Landing Ships (LSM) modified as rocket launching vessels -- LSM(R) -- in the series 401-412 and 501 -536. Main changes from the original type of amphib was moving the bridge from starboard side amidships to the centerline aft and all the armament upgrades -- 1 5/38 cal single enclosed mount, two twim Bofors 40mm (bow and stern) and up to 8 Oerlikon 20 mm. Additionally, they had four 4.2 inch mortars and ten 5 inch rocket launchers that carried 30 spin-stabilized rockets per "clip" for a total salvo of 300 missiles per minute. Diesel powered, with 2 shafts and a top speed of about 13 knots. No idea why this one has no number displayed, other than it's wartime (Korea) and am looking for a list of those that might have been active at the time Belfast was about.

[QUOTE=Andy Waugh;10023132]Last batch from the Belfast collection.[/QUOTE] nice shots in post #11....great to see fresh images, can't quite read that stack number on the carrier...could be Valley Forge 45 not sure.. Any way to re scan these pics at 300 dpi,and larger jpegs??? Love the Belfast shots too. Thanks

Re Post 10. I haven't a clue which carrier it is, I was hoping someone else might! Re Post 18. Image is USS Boxer as per file name. Files are already quite large, are you opening the files or just viewing the thumbnails?

The problem with the USN carrier in post #11 is that the number on the funnel is clearly a 2-digit number starting with a 4. This eliminates [B]CV-21 USS Boxer[/B], and narrows it to: [B]CV-40 Tarawa[/B], which was in the Atlantic/Med for the entire Korean War period. She only made it to the Far East in the spring of 1954... and the Korean War ended in July 1953. [B]CV-45 Valley Forge[/B], which spent almost the entire Korean War period conducting combat operations off Korea. [B]CV-47 Philippine Sea[/B], which likewise served throughout the Korean War in active combat around Korea. CV-41/42/43 were Midway class carriers, with an entirely different appearance, CV-44 & 46 were never completed, and CV-48 & 49 were USS Saipan & USS Wright, which were CVLs built on a modified Baltimore-class heavy cruiser hull... again with a very different appearance from the ship in the picture. So it is either CV-45 Valley Forge, CV-47 Philippine Sea, or it is not from the Korean War theatre.

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