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PHOTO DESCRIPTION: PHOTO HMS BELFAST TOWN CLASS 3RD GROUP V2 ENLARGED SOUTHAMPTON CLASS LIGHT CRUI
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PHOTO HMS BELFAST TOWN CLASS 3RD GROUP V2 ENLARGED SOUTHAMPTON CLASS LIGHT CRUISER HMS BELFAST LAUNCHED 1938 UNDERGOING A REFIT AT THE PLYMOUTH NAVY DAY DEVONPORT DOCKYARD 08/61 THE LARGEST LIGHT CRUISER BUILT FOR THE ROYAL NAVY AT 11240 TONS AND THE PINNACLE OF BRITISH CONVENTIONAL CRUISER DESIGN BEING VERY WELL PROTECTED AND WELL ARMED SHE WAS A FINE SEABOAT AND HER SIZE ENABLED HER TO BE CONTINUALLY UPDATED THROUGHOUT HER SERVICE LIFE COMPLETED JUST BEFORE WORLD WAR II IN 1939 SHE HAD A DISTINGUISHED WAR CAREER CAPTURING THE GERMAN LINER CAP NO RTE IN 1939 BUT SHE WAS ALSO HIT BY A MINE LAID BY A U-BOAT AND ALMOST BROKE HER BACK SOMEHOW SHE SURVIVED AND WAS REBUILT IN DECEMBER 1943 SHE PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN THE BATTLE OF NORTH CAPE WHERE SHE HIT THE FAST GERMAN BATTLECRUISER SCHARNHORST SEVERAL TIMES ENABLING THE ROYAL NAVY BATTLESHIP HMS DUKE OF YORK TO CATCH UP AND DESTROY SCHARNHORST IN DREADFULLY BAD WEATHER OFF NO RWAY IN 1944 SHE WAS THE FLAGSHIP OF THE EASTERN TASK FORCE OFF NO RMANDY AT D-DAY IN 1945 SHE SERVED IN THE PACIFIC FLEET AND POST WAR SHE SERVED IN THE FAR EAST INCLUDING PARTICIPATION IN THE KOREAN WAR SHE WAS THE LAST WWII CRUISER IN COMMISSION IN THE ROYAL NAVY WHEN SHE WAS PLACED IN RESERVE IN 1963 BUT WAS NOTDISPOSED OF BY THE RN UNTIL 1970 WHEN SHE BACAME A MUSEUM SHIP IN THE POOL OF LONDON SCANNED PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WITH A SIMPLE BROWNIE 127 HENCE DUBIOUS QUALITY COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) : HUGH LLEWELYNPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
REF NO HL2292
PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 x 4 inches
CONDITION: SEE SCAN ABOVE
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