HMS Belfast

[Chelsea14Ian]

This weekend marks her 80 birthday,there are a number of events on the Ship to celebrate her birthday. Meet the veterans learn how to do your name in Morse, flags etc.Learn her history. I would like to go but think won't be able following my op.The event is free,but you still need to pay to go onto the ship

[Chelsea14Ian]

Sorry should say HMS not ham silly phone.

[PastorsDayOff]

I assumed you meant HMS Belfast. It’s a ship I would love to go and visit, health being the prohibiting factor, because my father actually served on her before she was decommissioned back in 1963.

[MauriceMynah]

I used to look out on her from Tower 42 (NatWest tower) when I worked in London. She gave me a good idea as to hoe to modify Potter Heigham Bridge.

[Vaughan]

On the Canal du Midi, I became good friends with a retired admiral, who was the last commander of HMS Belfast when she was still in commission. On a cruiser, the commander is the 2nd in command.

As such, he took part in the last salvo of 6 inch guns to be fired in the Navy.

[TheQ]

Last time I saw her I was putting out a warehouse fire a few hundred feet away during the first firemans strike. There is a famous picture of the first fire crews with Belfast in the Background,  as we all wore ww2 Tin hats, so it looked like a blitz photo. We also put out their fire engines as a wall fell on them....(no one injured)