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| rdfs:comment | - HMS Newcastle (C35) was an Edinburgh-class cruisers which is a subclass of the Town-class light cruisers that served with the Royal Navy in World War II.
- HMS Belfast is a museum ship, originally a Royal Navy light cruiser, permanently moored in London on the River Thames and operated by the Imperial War Museum. Construction of Belfast, the first Royal Navy ship to be named after the capital city of Northern Ireland. and one of ten Town-class cruisers, began in December 1936. She was launched on St Patrick's Day, 17 March 1938. Commissioned in early August 1939 shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Belfast was initially part of the British naval blockade against Germany. In November 1939 Belfast struck a German mine and spent more than two years undergoing extensive repairs. Returning to action in November 1942 with improved firepower, radar equipment and armour, Belfast was the largest and arguably most powerful cruiser in th
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| Role | - Reconnaissance, commerce protection, convoy escort
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| Name | - HMS Belfast
- HMS Belfast as museum ship
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| Caption | - HMS Belfast berthed in the Pool of London; Tower Bridge and City Hall can be seen behind.
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| Fate | - Museum Ship , moored in the Thames in London
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| Alt | - The bow of a large blue warship, moored on a river, with a bridge in the background.
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| Ship caption | - HMS Belfast at her London berth, painted in Admiralty pattern Disruptive Camouflage
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| Armament | - *Main:
**12 6-inch in 4 turrets
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**12 4-inch high angle guns in 6 mounts
**8 2-pound pom-poms in 2 mounts
**8 0.5 inch machine guns in 2 mounts
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**6 21 inch torpedo tubes in 2 mounts
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| Location | - Morgan's Lane, Tooley Street, London
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| abstract | - HMS Newcastle (C35) was an Edinburgh-class cruisers which is a subclass of the Town-class light cruisers that served with the Royal Navy in World War II.
- HMS Belfast is a museum ship, originally a Royal Navy light cruiser, permanently moored in London on the River Thames and operated by the Imperial War Museum. Construction of Belfast, the first Royal Navy ship to be named after the capital city of Northern Ireland. and one of ten Town-class cruisers, began in December 1936. She was launched on St Patrick's Day, 17 March 1938. Commissioned in early August 1939 shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Belfast was initially part of the British naval blockade against Germany. In November 1939 Belfast struck a German mine and spent more than two years undergoing extensive repairs. Returning to action in November 1942 with improved firepower, radar equipment and armour, Belfast was the largest and arguably most powerful cruiser in the Royal Navy at the time. Belfast saw action escorting Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union during 1943, and in December 1943 played an important role in the Battle of North Cape, assisting in the destruction of the German warship Scharnhorst. In June 1944 Belfast took part in Operation Overlord supporting the Normandy landings. In June 1945 Belfast was redeployed to the Far East to join the British Pacific Fleet, arriving shortly before the end of the Second World War. Belfast saw further combat action in 1950–52 during the Korean War and underwent an extensive modernisation between 1956 and 1959. A number of further overseas commissions followed before Belfast entered reserve in 1963. In 1967, efforts were initiated to avert Belfast expected scrapping and preserve her as a museum ship. A joint committee of the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum and the Ministry of Defence was established, and reported in June 1968 that preservation was practical. In 1971 the government decided against preservation, prompting the formation of the private HMS Belfast Trust to campaign for her preservation. The efforts of the Trust were successful, and the government transferred the ship to the Trust in July 1971. Brought to London, she was moored on the River Thames near Tower Bridge in the Pool of London. Opened to the public in October 1971, Belfast became a branch of the Imperial War Museum in 1978. A popular tourist attraction, Belfast receives around a quarter of a million visitors per year. As a branch of a national museum and part of the National Historic Fleet, Core Collection, Belfast is supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, by admissions income, and by the museum's commercial activities. The ship was closed to visitors following an accident in November 2011, and re-opened on 18 May 2012.
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