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HMS BelfastA J Summersgill June 11, 2006 | 4 comments | Print | E-mail Crew Quarters and Facilities Amongst the masses of ammunition, equipment, food and supplies, the Ratings had to snuggle down to sleep as best they could using hammocks slung from the low ceilings. This doesn’t seem too dissimilar to the situation aboard HMS Victory from one hundred and fifty years previously.
Except that here, the ship’s cat seems to have his own hammock!
Life for the Officers was rather more comfortable, as you can see from these shots.
The chap on the left seems to be getting ready for dinner, and I swear that the seated fellow to the right looks just like Prince Philip!
Meanwhile, below decks, two Officers measure out the daily dose of Rum for the crew. Next door, the ship’s shop is open for business.
Down the corridor, two men peel onions as the Galley crew prepare the daily meals in massive ovens.
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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