HMS Belfast (C35)

	HMS Belfast at her Lunnon berth, pentit in Admiralty pattern Disruptive Camouflage
History
UK
Name:	HMS Belfast
Ordered:	21 September 1936
Bigger:	Harland an Wolff shipyard, Belfast, UK
Yard nummer:	1000
Laid doun:	10 December 1936
Launched:	17 Mairch 1938
Completit:	3 August 1939
Commissioned:	5 August 1939
Decommissioned:	24 August 1963
Identification:	Pennant nummer C35
Motto:	Pro Tanto Quid Retribuamus; (Laitin: For sae much, hou shall we repay?);
Honours an; awairds:	Arctic 1943; North Cape 1943; Normandy 1944; Korea 1950–52;
Status:	Museum ship syne 21 October 1971
General chairacteristics
Cless an teep:	Town-cless licht cruiser
Displacement:	11,550 tons
Lenth:	613 ft 6 in (186.99 m) overall
Beam:	63 ft 4 in (19.3 m)
Draucht:	18 ft 3 in (5.56 m) forward; 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) aft;
Installed pouer:	80,000 shp (60,000 kW)
Propulsion:	4 × Admiralty ile-fired 3-drum boilers; 4 × Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines;
Speed:	32 knot (59 km/h)
Complement:	781–881 (as bannership, 1939)
Airmament:	1939:; 12 × 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XXIII guns (4×3); 12 × 4-inch (102 mm) Mk XVI dual purpose guns (6×2); 16 × 2-pounder (40 mm) anti-aircraft guns (2×8); 8 × 0.5-inch (13 mm) AA machine guns (2×4); 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×3);
Airmour:	Main belt: 4.5 inches (114 mm); Main turrets: Up to 4 inches (102 mm); Decks over magazines: 3 inches (76 mm); Decks over machinery: 2 inches (51 mm); Bulkheads: 2.5 inches (63.5 mm);
Aircraft carried:	2 × Supermarine Walrus (disembarked Juin 1943)
Aviation facilities:	2 × hangars; 1 × catapult (removed 1945);

HMS Belfast is a museum ship, oreeginally a Ryal Navy licht cruiser, permanently moored in Lunnon on the River Thames an operatit bi the Imperial War Museum.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

↑ ^a ^b McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780752488615.
↑ Wingate 2004, p. 11.
↑ Wingate 2004, p. 28.
↑ Watton 1985, p. 9.
↑ Wingate 2004, p. 12.
↑ Wingate 2004, pp. 39-40.
↑ Wingate 2004, pp. 58-61.

Bibliografie[eedit | eedit soorce]

Watton, Ross (1985). Anatomy of the Ship: the Cruiser Belfast. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-328-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Wingate, John (2004). In Trust for the Nation: HMS Belfast 1939–1972. London: Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1-901623-72-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Coordinates: 51°30′24″N 0°04′53″W / 51.50667°N 0.08139°W / 51.50667; -0.08139

[Tom-1] McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780752488615.

[FOOTNOTEWingate200411-2] Wingate 2004, p. 11.

[FOOTNOTEWingate200428-3] Wingate 2004, p. 28.

[FOOTNOTEWatton19859-4] Watton 1985, p. 9.

[FOOTNOTEWingate200412-5] Wingate 2004, p. 12.

[FOOTNOTEWingate200439-40-6] Wingate 2004, pp. 39-40.

[FOOTNOTEWingate200458-61-7] Wingate 2004, pp. 58-61.

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