Specifications: HMS Belfast
Length: 613 feet 6 inches overall
Beam: 63 feet 4 inches
Displacement: 11,550 tons
Powerplant: 4 x Admiralty oil-fired three-drum boilers, 4 x Parsons single reduction geared steam tubines producing 80,000 shaft horsepower
Top speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Maximum range: 8,664 nautical miles (16,046 km) at 13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement: 781-881
Main armament: twelve 6-inch Mk XXIII guns in four triple turrets
Photos taken 22 April 2018 or as indicated
A port side view of HMS Belfast's stern, as seen on 15 September 2013. |
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The ship's Laundry. |
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The Mail Room, into which letters and parcels for the ship's crew arrived from fleet headquarters ashore, where all mail was received and sorted before being forwarded on to individual ships. |
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Two more galley staff peel potatoes and slice onions. |
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HMS Belfast's well-equipped Sickbay was managed by the ship's surgeon commander and two surgeon lieutenants. |
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The Sailmakers' Workshop, where the ship's craftsmen made and repaired rope and canvass equipment, such as hammocks, awnings, and signal flags. |
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A tableau depicting off duty sailors relaxing in their messdeck, playing games, reading, and writing letters home. |
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A spare anchor sits on the bow should HMS Belfast lose one of its two principal anchors. This anchor was manufactured by W.L. Byers & Co. Ltd of Sunderland. |
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A builder's plaque, presented by Harland & Wolff Shipbuilders & Engineers on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the launching of HMS Belfast in 2014. |
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Some of the vintage 1950s equipment found in HMS Belfast's Operations Room, the 'brains' of the ship. |
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Looking west out over HMS Belfast's forward turrets and bows from the windows of the Compass Platform. |
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A final look at HMS Belfast, floating proudly on the River Thames. |