HMS Belfast

HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is permanently moored as a museum ship on the in and is operated by the .
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  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    December 24th—26: closed
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 1938 Edinburgh-class light cruiser
  • Also known as: “Belfast”
  • Address: The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2JH
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Tower of London and London Bridge.

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, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of , is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the in , England. is situated 1,300 feet northeast of HMS Belfast.

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The name "London Bridge" refers to several historical crossings that have spanned the between the and in since Roman times. is situated 1,500 feet west of HMS Belfast.

Bridge
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is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in , built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. is situated 1,400 feet east of HMS Belfast.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butler’s Wharf and Aldgate.

Neighborhood
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Butler's Wharf is an historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the , just east of 's , now housing luxury flats and restaurants.

Quarter
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was a gate in the former defensive wall around the . The gate gave its name to 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.

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are two boroughs of inner south east .

HMS Belfast

Latitude
51.50656° or 51° 30′ 24″ north
Longitude
-0.08131° or 0° 4′ 53″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Height
135 feet (41 metres)
Wheelchair access
limited
Operator
Imperial War Museum
Open location code
9C3XGW49+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 5006061
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
6696470
Wiki­data ID
Q757178
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Satellite Map

Discover HMS Belfast from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • Luxembourgish: “Belfast”
  • Luxembourgish: “HMS Belfast”
  • Macedonian: “Белфаст”
  • 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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