HMS Belfast
HMS Belfast isn’t a ship you pass by so much as a floating time capsule. This Town-class light cruiser, named after Belfast, began life in December 1936 and was launched on Saint Patrick’s Day, 1938, before being commissioned in August 1939 just as World War II loomed. Today she sits permanently moored on the Thames, operated by the Imperial War Museum as a museum ship that preserves a working Royal Navy cruiser from the late 1930s onward. Her service is a threaded story: from the early blockade duties and a major refit in 1942 to improve firepower, radar, and armour, Belfast escorted Arctic convoys in 1943 and played a pivotal role in the Battle of North Cape against Scharnhorst in December 1943. She supported the Normandy landings in June 1944, then headed to the British Pacific Fleet in 1945, with further action in the Korean War era (1950–52) after a major modernization between 1956 and 1959. …
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