Friday, December 21, 2007

HMS Belfast

HMS Belfast is one of the two ships forming the final sub-class of the Royal Navy's Town-class cruisers, the other being HMS Edinburgh. Belfast is now a museum ship in London.
Displacement: 11,553 tons
Length: 613 feet 6 inches (187 metres) overall
Beam: 69 feet (21 metres)
Draught: 19 feet 9 inches (6.1 metres)
Propulsion: Four Admiralty oil-fired 3-drum boilers
four Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines driving four shafts at 80,000 shaft horsepower
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement: 750 - 850 (as flagship)
Armament: (1959) Twelve (4 × 3) 6 inch
eight (4 × 2) 4 inch HA/LA
twelve (6 × 2) Bofors AA
Armour: 4.5 inches (114 mm)
deck 3 inches (76 mm)
Aircraft carried: Two Supermarine Walrus aircraft (Removed in the latter part of WWII)
Motto: Pro Tanto Quid Retribuamas (Latin: For so much, how shall we repay?)
Notes: Pennant number C35