Jacqui & Chris in the UK
HMS Belfast
3/04/2002

London has its own 2nd World War warship, permanantly docked in the Thames: The HMS Belfast. It was launched in 1938 and served in WW2 and Korea until 1965. These days it is kept as a naval museum and open for the public to walk through and explore. We thought it was pretty cool.
[Location: London, England]

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The HMS Belfast. History and info. Tower Bridge viewed from the ship.
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The Tower of London is just across the river from the HMS Belfast. The port side of the ship. Tower Bridge is just behind the ship.
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Ring the ship's bell! A plaque. Inside one of the triple 6-inch cannon turrets ("Y" Turret).
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Jacqui appreciating one of the 4-inch HA/LA shells. All hands on deck! Jacqui at the front of the HMS Beflast.
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Yeah, that chain is heavy! Aye Aye Capt'n Looking out the front of the Compass Platform and Operations Room.
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Jacqui playing with one of the 40mm Bofors AA Guns. Looking back along the ship. Trying to call home Jacqui ??
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Looking down on the fore deck. The communications and radar tower. Jacqui on the Flagdeck.
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Some dummies in the operations room. Steady as she goes Capt'n. Jacqui in one of the shell rooms, which feed the 6-inch turret guns above.
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The engine room. I cannot make it go any faster Capt'n... Relaxing after the big tour of the ship.
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All pictures taken with a Sony DSC-P1 digital still camera and recompressed using Adobe Photoshop 6.0.

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