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    HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London...
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  • ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Belfast after the capital city of Northern Ireland: The first HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser launched...
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  • HMS Belfast is a Type 26 frigate of the Royal Navy and the second vessel named after the Northern Ireland capital Belfast. In September 2017, her name...
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    World War when RAF Belfast occupied Sydenham (Belfast harbour) airfield, Fleet Air Arm personnel based there were lodged under HMS Caroline. In 1943,...
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    Duxford airfield in Cambridgeshire, and in 1978 the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Belfast, which is permanently berthed on the River Thames in central London,...
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    2017. The Second World War era light cruiser HMS Belfast (C35), a museum ship, will be named "HMS Belfast (1938)" by the Imperial War Museum to avoid "any...
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    HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759, and launched in 1765. With 246 years...
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  • Belfast in 1941 during World War II Belfast Commando, a former light infantry regiment of the South African Army HMS Belfast (C35), a Town-class cruiser launched...
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    London Crossings of the River Thames Moveable bridges Pool of London HMS Belfast London Bridge Shad Thames St Katharine Docks Tower of London "What type...
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    Vivien displaying anti-aircraft rounds, 1940 A round in a fuze setter on HMS Belfast QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun : Royal Navy anti-aircraft predecessor List...
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    HMS Bronington is a former Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, named HMS Humber between 1954 and 1958. This mahogany-hulled minesweeper was one of...
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    cordite cartridge (lower right) and cartridge container (centre right) on HMS Belfast 15 cm SK C/25: German equivalent light cruiser gun, operating at higher...
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    ISBN 1-86019-874-0. Wingate, John (2004). In Trust for the Nation: HMS Belfast 1939–1972. London: Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1-901623-72-6. Wikimedia...
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    Brooklyn class. Four are preserved as museum ships: HMS Belfast in London, HMS Caroline in Belfast, USS Little Rock in Buffalo, New York, and Mikhail Kutuzov...
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    or at Mablethorpe in Lincolnshire, along the lines of USS Intrepid or HMS Belfast. The annual cost of running the ship as a museum was estimated at £1...
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    HMS M33 is an M29-class monitor of the Royal Navy. Built in 1915, she saw active service in the Mediterranean during the First World War and in Russia...
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    CMB 4 HMS Alliance HMS Belfast HMS Bronington HMS Caroline HMS Cavalier HMS Gannet HMS Gay Archer The Minesweeper HMS Ocelot HMS President HMS Trincomalee...
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    Imperial War Museum's preserved Town-class light cruiser, HMS Belfast. RFA Proteus and HMS Belfast from the Horizon 22 viewing gallery, 22 Bishopsgate, City...
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    The international situation led to her being escorted by the battlecruiser HMS Hood. She arrived safely and set out again for New York on 1 September. By...
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    into the upper decks (the conduits are still visible on the deck of HMS Belfast in London, for example). Degaussing is still used today. However, it...
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  • landmarks, including Royal Albert Hall, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, HMS Belfast, and many others. The music used in the film for each location was as...
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    served on the Arctic convoys during World War II in a ceremony aboard HMS Belfast. The Baltic Naval Institute in Kaliningrad also carries his name. The...
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    1980 at unique non-rock venues like the Scala cinema and the cruiser HMS Belfast, advertised only by word-of-mouth, created the hype for a major record...
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    Harland & Wolff (category Companies based in Belfast)
    Star Line, other ships that have been built include the Royal Navy's HMS Belfast; Royal Mail Line's Andes; Shaw, Savill & Albion's Southern Cross; Union-Castle's...
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    HMS Cavalier is a retired C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at East Cowes on 28 March 1943, launched...
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    Royal Navy, becoming HMS Gadwall (also known as RNAS Belfast or RNAS Sydenham) in 1943. RAF Nutts Corner then became Belfast's main airport (while Aldergrove...
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    with 2010 band members Crewdson and Love for a charity show on board HMS Belfast. As with the previous tour, the itinerary was expanded from the initial...
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    HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Warrior...
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    the King that he intended to observe the D-Day landings from aboard HMS Belfast, a cruiser assigned to bombardment duties for the operation. The King...
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    ship to her original 1947 livery. In 2009, the ship was affiliated with HMS Defender, having hosted the official dignitary party at Defender's launch...
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