HMS BELFAST ROYAL NAVY CRUISER WW2 KOREA ARMAMENT BERTHING WARDROOM ENGINEROOM

Description: HMS BELFAST ROYAL NAVY CRUISER WW2 KOREA ARMAMENT BERTHING WARDROOM ENGINEROOM HMS BELFAST ROYAL NAVY CRUISER WW2 KOREASOFTBOUND BOOK in ENGLISH by RICHARD JOHNSTONE-BRYDENDESIGNSERVICE HISTORY:GENERAL ARRANGEMENT AND HULL STRUCTURES / BOILERS / MACHINERYACCOMODATIONSSUPERSTRUCTURETURBINES / STEERING / GROUND TACKLE / FIRE CONTROL / SONARSEARCHLIGHTS / GUN ARMAMENTARMAMENT / MAIN BATTERY / SECONDARY GUNS / ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS / TORPEDOS (6-inch 50-CAL MkXXIII GUN IN TRIPLE MkXXIII MOUNTS, 4-inch MkXVI QUICK FIRING GUNS, 40mm BOFORS AA, 2pdr QF MkVIII, 0.5-inch VICKER MkIII MACHINE GUNS, 20mm OERLIKON CANNON, 3pdr SALUTING GUN)SHIPS BOATS (MOTOR BOATS, SPEED BOATS, CUTTER, WHALER, DINGHY, LANDING CRAFT) CAMOUFLAGEAIRCRAFT ARRANGEMENTSMODIFICATIONS 1939 ï¿½ 1961 (1940 REFIT AT ROSYTH, WW2 REFIT AND MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION AT DEVONPORT, 1944 TROPICAL REFIT AT TYNE, 1945 REFIT SYDNEY, 1946 REFIT SINGAPORE, 1947-48 REFIT AT PORTSMOUTH, 1950-51 REFIT SINGAPORE, MAJOR EXTENDED REFIT AT DEVONPORT 1956-59)PHOTOGRAPHSDRAWINGS (GENERAL ARRANGEMENT, HULL CONSTRUCTION, MACHINERY, ACCOMODATION, SUPERSTRUCTURE, RIG, ARMAMENT, FIRE CONTROL, FITTINGS, GROUND TACKLE, BOATS, CAMOUFLAGE) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Additional Information from Internet Encyclopedia HMS BELFAST (C35), THE FIRST ROYAL NAVY SHIP TO BE NAMED AFTER THE CAPITAL CITY OF NORTHERN IRELAND AND ONE OF TEN TOWN-CLASS CRUISERS, BEGAN IN DECEMBER 1936. SHE WAS LAUNCHED ON ST PATRICK'S DAY, 17 MARCH 1938. COMMISSIONED IN EARLY AUGUST 1939 SHORTLY BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, BELFAST WAS INITIALLY PART OF THE BRITISH NAVAL BLOCKADE AGAINST GERMANY. IN NOVEMBER 1939 BELFAST STRUCK A GERMAN MINE AND SPENT MORE THAN TWO YEARS UNDERGOING EXTENSIVE REPAIRS. RETURNING TO ACTION IN NOVEMBER 1942 WITH IMPROVED FIREPOWER, RADAR EQUIPMENT AND ARMOUR, BELFAST WAS THE LARGEST AND ARGUABLY MOST POWERFUL CRUISER IN THE ROYAL NAVY AT THE TIME. BELFAST SAW ACTION ESCORTING ARCTIC CONVOYS TO THE SOVIET UNION DURING 1943, AND IN DECEMBER 1943 PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE BATTLE OF NORTH CAPE, ASSISTING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE GERMAN WARSHIP SCHARNHORST. IN JUNE 1944 BELFAST TOOK PART IN OPERATION OVERLORD SUPPORTING THE NORMANDY LANDINGS. IN JUNE 1945 BELFAST WAS REDEPLOYED TO THE FAR EAST TO JOIN THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET, ARRIVING SHORTLY BEFORE THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. BELFAST SAW FURTHER COMBAT ACTION IN 1950ï¿½52 DURING THE WAR ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA. SHE WAS PROPELLED BY FOUR THREE-DRUM OIL-FIRED ADMIRALTY WATER-TUBE BOILERS, TURNING PARSONS GEARED STEAM TURBINES, DRIVING FOUR PROPELLER SHAFTS. BELFAST'S MAIN ARMAMENT COMPRISED TWELVE MK XXIII SIX-INCH GUNS IN FOUR TRIPLE TURRETS. WITH A RATE OF FIRE OF UP TO EIGHT ROUNDS PER GUN PER MINUTE, HER MAIN BATTERY WAS CAPABLE OF A MAXIMUM RATE OF FIRE OF 96 ROUNDS PER MINUTE. HER SECONDARY ARMAMENT COMPRISED TWELVE 4-INCH GUNS IN SIX TWIN MOUNTS. HER INITIAL CLOSE-RANGE ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT WAS SIXTEEN 2-POUNDER "POM-POM" GUNS IN TWO EIGHT-BARREL MOUNTINGS, AND TWO QUADRUPLE VICKERS .50 MACHINE GUNS. SHE ALSO MOUNTED SIX MK IV 21-INCH TORPEDO TUBES IN TWO TRIPLE MOUNTS, AND FIFTEEN MK VII DEPTH CHARGES. BELFAST'S AVIATION CAPABILITY WAS PROVIDED BY TWO CATAPULT-LAUNCHED SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIOUS BIPLANES. THESE COULD BE LAUNCHED FROM A D1H CATAPULT MOUNTED AFT OF THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE, AND RECOVERED FROM THE WATER BY TWO CRANES MOUNTED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FORWARD FUNNEL. THE AIRCRAFT, OPERATED BY THE FLEET AIR ARM'S HMS BELFAST FLIGHT OF 700 NAVAL AIR SQUADRON, WERE STOWED IN TWO HANGARS IN THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE. DURING HER REPAIRS, WORK WAS CARRIED OUT TO STRAIGHTEN, RECONSTRUCT AND STRENGTHEN HER HULL. HER ARMOURED BELT WAS ALSO EXTENDED AND THICKENED. HER ARMAMENT WAS UPDATED WITH NEWER 2-POUNDER "POM-POM" MOUNTINGS, AND HER ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT IMPROVED WITH EIGHTEEN 20 MM OERLIKON GUNS IN FIVE TWIN AND EIGHT SINGLE MOUNTINGS, REPLACING TWO QUADRUPLE 0.5-INCH VICKERS GUNS. BELFAST ALSO RECEIVED NEW FIRE CONTROL RADARS FOR HER MAIN, SECONDARY AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. HER NOVEMBER 1942 RADAR FIT INCLUDED ONE TYPE 284 SET AND FOUR TYPE 283 SETS TO DIRECT THE MAIN ARMAMENT, THREE TYPE 285 SETS FOR THE SECONDARY GUNS, AND TWO TYPE 285 SETS FOR THE 2-POUNDER ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. SHE ALSO RECEIVED A TYPE 273 GENERAL SURFACE WARNING RADAR, TYPE 251 AND 252 SETS FOR IDENTIFICATION FRIEND OR FOE (IFF) PURPOSES, AND A TYPE 281 AND TYPE 242 FOR AIR WARNING. HER 1942 ELECTRONICS SUITE ALSO INCLUDED A TYPE 270 ECHOSOUNDER. HER RADAR FIT NOW INCLUDED A TYPE 277 RADAR SET TO REPLACE HER TYPE 273 FOR SURFACE WARNING. HER TYPE 281 AIR WARNING SET WAS REPLACED BY A SINGLE-ANTENNA TYPE 281B SET, WHILE A TYPE 293Q WAS FITTED FOR CLOSE-RANGE HEIGHT-FINDING AND SURFACE WARNING. A TYPE 274 SET WAS FITTED FOR MAIN ARMAMENT FIRE DIRECTION. IN MARCH 1955 THE DECISION WAS TAKEN TO MODERNISE BELFAST. WORK BEGAN ON 6 JANUARY 1956. CHANGES INCLUDED REPLACING HER 4-INCH GUNS WITH MORE MODERN WEAPONS, AND PROTECTING KEY PARTS OF THE SHIP AGAINST NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL OR CHEMICAL ATTACK. THIS LAST CONSIDERATION MEANT ENCLOSING HER BRIDGE, CREATING A TWO-TIERED, FIVE-SIDED SUPERSTRUCTURE WHICH RADICALLY ALTERED HER APPEARANCE. HER CREW ACCOMMODATION WAS ALSO IMPROVED, HER TRIPOD MASTS REPLACED WITH LATTICE MASTS, AND TIMBER DECKING REPLACED WITH STEEL EVERYWHERE EXCEPT THE QUARTERDECK. BELFAST RECOMMISSIONED AT DEVONPORT ON 12 MAY 1959. HER CLOSE-RANGE ARMAMENT WAS STANDARDISED TO SIX TWIN BOFORS GUN, AND HER CLOSE-RANGE FIRE DIRECTION SIMILARLY STANDARDISED TO EIGHT CLOSE-RANGE BLIND FIRE DIRECTORS FITTED WITH TYPE 262 RADAR. HER 1959 RADAR FIT ALSO INCLUDED TYPE 274, RETAINED FOR MAIN ARMAMENT DIRECTION, TYPE 277Q AND 293Q FOR HEIGHT-FINDING AND SURFACE WARNING, TYPE 960M FOR AIR WARNING, AND TYPE 974 FOR SURFACE WARNING. IN ORDER TO SAVE WEIGHT, HER TORPEDO ARMAMENT WAS REMOVED. 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