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HMS BelfastA J Summersgill June 11, 2006 | 4 comments | Print | E-mail Maps showing the extent and responsibilities of the mighty British Empire bring home the reality of war on a global scale – the Royal Navy was tasked with defending not only the home islands, but the trade routes that kept the lifeblood of the Empire flowing. This was no mean feat.
A selection of wartime propaganda and recruiting posters forms one part of the display.
Models depict warships from the era, as well as showing the layout of certain sections of the ship, such as this turret cutaway. The adjoining picture shows a lifejacket as worn by a crewman from the German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst.
The first of these pictures shows a splinter from one of two 28 cm shells fired by the Scharnhorst at HMS Norfolk, temporarily knocking her out of the battle. Next to it, a captured Enigma coding machine, no less a weapon of war, but in the long run, equally ineffective.
Here, we see displayed a section of a briefing model prepared for the D-Day landings. The model depicts the French village of Bernieres-sur-Mer and part of Juno beach, one of the sections of Normandy coastline assigned for bombardment by HMS Belfast. The next picture is a painting showing the ship in action on the day itself.
All around the ship, helpful cutaway diagrams and maps show visitors the parts of the ship open for viewing, and help you ensure that you cover all there is to see without getting lost.
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4 Comments to “HMS Belfast”
Belfast has been altered a heckuva lot since I was on it. The superstructure has been changed but I can’t find a good photo of the side view to see exactly what has been altered.
I was a RM telegraphist – using morse code in those days – and my usual post was the “Bridge Wireless Office” just aft of the bridge. My “out of watch” post was the Upper Transmitting Room.
By Vic Paffet ex Royal Marines (signals) on Oct 21, 2009 at 8:19 am
I could be wrong on this but I understood that one of the for’ard gun turrets was a ‘dummy’ so Belfast had only nine 6″ guns and not twelve.
By Vic Paffet ex Royal Marines (signals) on Oct 21, 2009 at 8:23 am
My ‘oppo’ on boardwas “Paddy Eagleson” – Robert Stewart Eagleson – also a RM signals operator.
The captain during the Korean campaign was Le Messurier.
By Vic Paffet ex Royal Marines (signals) on Oct 21, 2009 at 8:30 am
Are you SURE that one person was killed on board Belfast during the Korean campaign? I don’t remember that but certainly HMS Jamaica had one person killed.
By Vic Paffet ex Royal Marines (signals) on Oct 21, 2009 at 8:38 am