HMS Belfast is a Royal Navy warship that serves as a museum today, in the banks of River Thames, close to the Tower Bridge of London. This warship was built in the late 1930s in Belfast, UK, and was named after this capital city of Northern Ireland. HMS Belfast was in service for 24 years from Augsut 1939 to August 1963.
During this time HMS Belfast served in wars that include World War II and the Korean War. Just over one year in to service, during Wolrd War II, HMS Belfast was damaged from a magnetic mine putting her out of action for almost 3 years.
HMS Belfast Facts
HMS Belfast is 613 feet long with a displacement of 11,550 tons.
She has a maximum speed of 32 knots (59Km/h) and a crew of aroun 800.
Armoury include: 12 six inch guns, 12 four inch guns, 16 QF two pounder anti aircarft guns, 8 Vickers 0.5" machine guns and 6 twenty one inch torpedo tubes.
HMS Belfast carried two Supermarine Walrus aircrafts, contained two hangars and a catapult.