Hms belfast why is it closed

Maintained by the Imperial War Museum IWM , several new features have been introduced, including new exhibition space, crew member stories, and a quay-side bar. The nine-deck Town-class light cruiser was built in the Northern Irish capital in and launched two years later. Belfast played a major role in the Second World War, initially as part of the British naval blockade against Germany. She later escorted the Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union and was present during the Normandy Landings.

After further action in the Korean War in the s, Belfast was due to be scrapped in , until a campaign by the National Maritime Museum, the Ministry of Defence, and the IWM, led to her preservation.

This summer marks 50 years since Belfast was moored near Tower Bridge and opened as a museum. Thursday 12 April London SE1 website team. Last December a giant floating crane salvaged the wreckage of the gangway from the Thames. Curators have organised a weekend of free events on 26 and 27 May to celebrate the reopening.

Comments Share your views in our forum. Share Tweet. The SE1 website is supported by people like you Please join our membership scheme or sponsor an hour of local reporting so we can survive. We are part of. These include having a hull designed to optimise fuel efficiency, and a diesel engine which reduces nitrogen oxide exhaust emissions. Belfast shipyard and Spanish firm in naval bid. The troubled history of Belfast's shipyard. Ministry of Defence to pay for 'national yacht'. Image source, Minstry of Defence.

It later also played a role in the Korean War. Image source, Getty Images. Image source, PA Media. Prince William told workers in Glasgow his grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh would have been fascinated by the shipbuilding process.