HMS Belfast (C35) is a British light cruiser of the Second World War and post-war era. The keel for this installation was laid in 1936, and it was launched in March 1938. The total length of the ship at the time of launching was 187 meters, and the width was 19.3 meters. The water tonnage reached approx. 11,500 tons, and the maximum speed was approx. 32 knots. Armament at the time of launch consisted, in particular, of 12 152 mm guns, 12 102 mm guns, 16 40 mm guns and two triple 533 mm torpedo tubes. HMS Belfast (C35) was one of two Edinburgh-class cruisers. Blocks of this type were designed and built as extensions of the Southampton and Gloucester types (subtypes). Compared to their predecessors, units of this class had, first of all, more powerful anti-aircraft weapons and better armor. The architecture of the superstructures and the layout of the ship's space also underwent significant changes. HMS Belfast's World War II service got off to a very inauspicious start as the cruiser hit a German sea mine in November 1939, putting her out of commission for over 3 years! The apparatus returned to service only in December 1942. From the beginning of the following year, HMS Belfast operated under the cover of Arctic convoys. During the hostilities, together with two other cruisers, she resisted the German battleship "Scharnhorst" and contributed to its encirclement and subsequent sinking in December 1943. In 1944, she continued to cover Arctic convoys, but was able to take part in supporting the Allied landings in Normandy in June 1944 year. In July of that year, HMS Belfast began a refit that lasted until the end of World War II in Europe. The unit successfully participated in the Korean War of 1950-1952. HMS Belfast was decommissioned in 1963 and has served as a museum ship since 1971.
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