HMS Belfast Information: Places to Stay & Visit near Southwark

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HMS Belfast

Phone: 0207 940 6300 | Web: Visit HMS Belfast Website

Morgans Lane, Tooley Street, Southwark, London, England SE1 2JH

Facilities:

Interior Visit

When launched in 1938, HMS Belfast represented the high-water mark in British cruiser development; a 6" cruiser holding a crew of 950 men, and now preserved as a floating museum offering an insight into naval life.

From its launch, HMS Belfast went almost immediately into action in World War II, capturing the German liner SS Cap Norte, before succumbing to a German mine which took her out of action until the end of 1942.

HMS Belfast was responsible for the sinking of the battle cruiser Scharnhorst at the Battle of North Cape in 1943, and fired the first shots on D Day.

Belfast ceased active service in 1963 and became the floating museum you see today in 1971.

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