The HMS Belfast served her country for 24 years, and that service reads as a What's What list of 20th century naval battles. It fired on Normandy before the D-Day invasion, it helped sink the German ...

Inside Britain's Last Surviving WW2 Cruiser | HMS Belfast' It's a 12,000 tonne light cruiser moored on the River Thames in the middle of London. It's the last surviving vessel of its kind from the ...

A journey of maritime nostalgia has come to an end for one 90-year-old former shipbuilder, after he set foot on HMS Belfast for the first time in seven decades. Cec George believes he is the last ...

Having parade aboard a warship which played an important role in the war might be something most sea cadets can only dream of but for the City of London Sea Cadets it happens twice a week. As the UK's ...

Stories and rare documents revealing life serving aboard HMS Belfast are being shared to mark the 80th anniversary of the historic warship’s launch. The oldest surviving Second World War veteran of ...

My father's account of HMS Belfast and the Bombing of the Tirpitz [All spellings are as in the original document] 30th March 1944 A nice day with warm sunshine. We put to sea at 1110 and with us is ...

This is a sponsored article on behalf of HMS Belfast. Recognise this floating landmark? Moored between Tower Bridge and London Bridge, this majestic 11,550 ton vessel is pretty difficult to miss. But ...

Just like its American counterpart, the Royal Navy is hard at work trying to modernize its fleet. One of the ways it will do this is the so-called City Class Type 26 frigate now being built in the ...

One of the Royal Navy's new warships will be called HMS Belfast, the Defence Secretary has announced. Sir Michael Fallon made the announcement as his visited Harland and Wolff shipyard in the city, ...

LONDON — Its menacing gray mass with its 6-inch guns that point skyward and its maze of corridors and ladders that take visitors on a trip back through history enticed about 270,000 people to hop ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HMS Belfast has conducted a gun salute to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The now-retired war vessel was hosting a ...