HMS Belfast
HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Images George Rex, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Opening hours:
10:00 AM—5:00 PM
December 24th—26: closed - Type: Museum
- Description: 1938 Edinburgh-class light cruiser
- Also known as: “Belfast”
- Address: The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2JH
- Wheelchair access: limited
Photo: Валерий Дед, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tower of London and London Bridge.
The Tower of London
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. The Tower of London is situated 1,300 feet northeast of HMS Belfast.
London Bridge
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 1,500 feet west of HMS Belfast.
Tower Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Barcex, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. Tower Bridge is situated 1,400 feet east of HMS Belfast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Butler’s Wharf and Aldgate.
Butler’s Wharf
Neighborhood
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Butler's Wharf is an English historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of London's Tower Bridge, now housing luxury flats and restaurants.
Aldgate
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. The gate gave its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.
Southwark and Lewisham
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwark and Lewisham are two boroughs of inner south east London.
HMS Belfast
Latitude
51.50656° or 51° 30′ 24″ northLongitude
-0.08131° or 0° 4′ 53″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Height
135 feet (41 metres)Operator
Imperial War MuseumOpen location code
9C3XGW49+JFOpenStreetMap ID
way 5006061OpenStreetMap feature
building=shipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=shipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
6696470Wikidata ID
Q757178
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“HMS Belfast” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Belfast”
- Afrikaans: “HMS Belfast”
- Arabic: “إتش إم إس بلفاست”
- Banjar: “Belfast”
- Banjar: “HMS Belfast”
- Basque: “HMS Belfast”
- Bulgarian: “Белфаст”
- Catalan: “Belfast”
- Catalan: “HMS Belfast”
- Chinese: “帝国战争博物馆贝尔法斯特号馆”
- Chinese: “帝國戰爭博物館貝爾法斯特號館”
- Chinese: “貝爾法斯特號輕巡洋艦”
- Chinese: “貝爾法斯特號巡洋艦”
- Chinese: “贝尔法斯特”
- Chinese: “贝尔法斯特号”
- Chinese: “贝尔法斯特号轻巡洋舰”
- Chinese: “贝尔法斯特号巡洋舰”
- Czech: “Belfast”
- Czech: “HMS Belfast”
- Dutch: “Belfast”
- Dutch: “HMS Belfast”
- Estonian: “Belfast”
- Estonian: “HMS Belfast”
- Finnish: “Belfast”
- Finnish: “HMS Belfast”
- French: “Belfast”
- French: “HMS Belfast”
- Galician: “Belfast”
- Galician: “HMS Belfast”
- German: “Belfast”
- German: “HMS Belfast”
- Gorontalo: “Belfast”
- Gorontalo: “HMS Belfast”
- Greek: “Belfast”
- Greek: “HMS Belfast”
- Hebrew: “אה’מ בלפאסט”
- Hebrew: “אה’מ בלפסט”
- Hebrew: “אה"מ בלפסט”
- Hebrew: “אהמ בלפסט”
- Hebrew: “אוניית הוד מלכותה בלפסט”
- Hebrew: “אוניית המלחמה בלפסט”
- Hungarian: “Belfast”
- Hungarian: “HMS Belfast”
- Indonesian: “Belfast”
- Indonesian: “HMS Belfast”
- Irish: “Belfast”
- Irish: “HMS Belfast”
- Italian: “Belfast”
- Italian: “HMS Belfast”
- Japanese: “ベルファスト”
- Javanese: “Belfast”
- Javanese: “HMS Belfast”
- Korean: “HMS 벨파스트”
- Korean: “벨파스트”
- Luxembourgish: “Belfast”
- Luxembourgish: “HMS Belfast”
- Malay: “Belfast”
- Malay: “HMS Belfast”
- Minangkabau: “Belfast”
- Minangkabau: “HMS Belfast”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belfast”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “HMS «Belfast»”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “HMS Belfast”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Belfast”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “HMS «Belfast»”
- Persian: “اچاماس بلفاست (سی۳۵)”
- Persian: “اچاماس بلفاست”
- Polish: “Belfast”
- Polish: “HMS Belfast”
- Portuguese: “Belfast”
- Portuguese: “HMS Belfast”
- Romanian: “Belfast”
- Romanian: “HMS Belfast”
- Russian: “Belfast”
- Russian: “HMS Belfast”
- Scots: “Belfast”
- Scots: “HMS Belfast”
- Slovak: “Belfast”
- Slovak: “HMS Belfast”
- Spanish: “Belfast”
- Spanish: “HMS Belfast”
- Sundanese: “Belfast”
- Sundanese: “HMS Belfast”
- Swedish: “Belfast”
- Swedish: “HMS Belfast”
- Turkish: “HMS Belfast”
- Ukrainian: “Belfast”
- Ukrainian: “HMS Belfast”
- Welsh: “HMS Belfast”
- “HMS Belfast”
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Explore places such as The Bar at HMS Belfast and HMS Belfast ticket office.
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