The operation of the ship involved multiple, intricately balanced steps that combined technical, electronic and mechanical processes and all were undertaken by the thousands of men who lived on board during the years of operational service. Forward Steering Position. Photographed 2nd July The new displays unveiled in summer are the latest iteration of this, ensuring that the spirit of HMS Belfast will live on for generations.
View of the Gangway leading onto the ship from the Pavillion, Photographed 2nd July Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. It stands as testament to the wide and varied role the Royal Navy played in the midth century, and aims to bring to life the lives and stories of those ordinary men who served on her.
Uncertainty was in the air by this point, and a gift from the people of Belfast — a large, solid silver bell — was prevented from being used on the ship over fears that it would be sunk and the large quantity of silver lost.
Belfast was put into action almost immediately patrolling the North Sea in an attempt to impose a maritime blockade on Nazi Germany. After a mere 2 months at sea, she hit a magnetic mine and her hull was so damaged that she was out of action until , missing much of the action in the first 3 years of the Second World War.
Belfast spent a tough 18 months escorting convoys across the North Sea and patrolling the waters round Iceland. HMS Belfast escorted convoys over winter — daylight hours were short, which reduced the chance of being bombed or spotted, but meant that the men on board endured freezing Arctic conditions for the duration of the voyage.
There was little to no chance of receiving mail or going ashore, and the winter clothes and equipment given out were so bulky men could barely move in them. The Battle of North Cape, on Boxing Day , saw HMS Belfast and other Allied ships destroy the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst and 5 other destroyers after they attempted to intercept and attack the arctic convoy they were accompanying. Over German sailors were killed — only 36 were rescued from the icy waters.
The Belfast was the flagship of Bombardment Force E, which was supporting troops at Gold and Juno beaches, targeting batteries there so well that they could do virtually nothing to help repel Allied forces. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence told the BBC that the names are put forward by the Ships' Names and Badges Committee, which contains various senior naval personnel, and acts as an advisory body.
Before the new HMS Belfast commissions the process of entering active service , the World War Two warship will have a slight update on its name - becoming HMS Belfast , marking the year it launched. The crew of the new HMS Belfast, he added, would "glory in the tradition of its name" and "share the same motto and ship's crest" the Belfast seahorse as the original.
While Belfast's historical identity may be tied up with shipbuilding, the industry has been much less active in recent years, with Harland and Wolff building its last ship - a Ministry of Defence ferry called the Anvil Point - in Still, while the construction did end up in Glasgow, Belfast could have been in the running.
Unveiling the name of HMS Belfast in , then Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon addressed a crowd gathered in the Harland and Wolff shipyard, and said a process would take place which could see ships built in different parts of the UK, and assembled at a central hub. All eight of the Type 26 warships will be built on the Clyde River in Scotland.
The Type 26 warships have the primary purpose of anti-submarine warfare, and reducing environmental impact is being considered as part of the process. These include having a hull designed to optimise fuel efficiency, and a diesel engine which reduces nitrogen oxide exhaust emissions.
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