Comments on: HMS Belfast http://www.armchairgeneral.com/hms-belfast.htm All things military history! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:45:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Vic Paffet ex Royal Marines (signals) http://www.armchairgeneral.com/hms-belfast.htm/comment-page-1#comment-9134 Vic Paffet ex Royal Marines (signals) Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:38:01 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?page=1&p=2567#comment-9134 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. 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) http://www.armchairgeneral.com/hms-belfast.htm/comment-page-1#comment-9133 Vic Paffet ex Royal Marines (signals) Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:30:37 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?page=1&p=2567#comment-9133 My 'oppo' on boardwas "Paddy Eagleson" - Robert Stewart Eagleson - also a RM signals operator. The captain during the Korean campaign was Le Messurier. 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) http://www.armchairgeneral.com/hms-belfast.htm/comment-page-1#comment-9132 Vic Paffet ex Royal Marines (signals) Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:23:39 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?page=1&p=2567#comment-9132 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. 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) http://www.armchairgeneral.com/hms-belfast.htm/comment-page-1#comment-9130 Vic Paffet ex Royal Marines (signals) Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:19:41 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?page=1&p=2567#comment-9130 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. 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.

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