<P> On 9 May 2010, a ceremony was held aboard Belfast to mark the 65th anniversary of end of the Second World War in Europe . Veterans of the Arctic convoys were in attendance to receive medals from the Russian Ambassador Yuri Fedotov . During the ceremony it was announced that, as part of the restoration of the ship, two new masts had been manufactured at the Severnaya Verf shipyard near Saint Petersburg . The production of the masts, to replace corroded originals, had been supported by a number of Russian businesses at a reported cost of £ 500,000 . The restoration of the masts involved removing the fittings from both masts, allowing them to be individually restored . The old masts were then cut down in sections, the new masts erected, and the original fittings replaced . On 19 October 2010, the new masts were dedicated at a ceremony attended by HMS Belfast veterans, by Prince Philip and officials from the Russian embassy and government . </P> <P> In 2017, it was announced that the third of the Royal Navy's Type 26 frigates would be named Belfast . At the same time, the IWM stated that the museum would be renamed as "HMS Belfast (1938)" as a means of avoiding confusion . </P> <P> When Belfast was first opened to the public, visitors were limited to the upper decks and forward superstructure . As of 2011, nine decks are open to the public . Access to the ship is via a walkway which connects the quarterdeck with the pedestrianised footpath on the south bank of the River Thames . The Imperial War Museum's guidebook to HMS Belfast divides the ship into three broad sections . The first of these, "Life on board the ship", focuses on the experience of serving at sea . Restored compartments, some populated with dressed figures, illustrate the crew's living conditions and the ship's various facilities such as the sick bay, galley, laundry, chapel, mess decks and NAAFI . Since 2002, school and youth groups have been able to stay onboard Belfast overnight, sleeping in bunks on a restored 1950s mess deck . The second section, "The inner workings", below the waterline and protected by the ship's armoured belt, contains core mechanical, electrical and communication systems . As well as the engine and boiler rooms, other compartments include the transmitting station (housing the ship's Admiralty Fire Control Table, a mechanical computer), the forward steering position and one of Belfast's six - inch shell rooms and magazines . The third section, "Action stations", includes the upper deck and forward superstructure with the ship's armament, fire control, and command facilities . Areas open to the public include the operations room, Admiral's bridge and gun direction platform . During 2011, two of these areas were reinterpreted . The operations room was restored to its appearance during Exercise Pony Express, a large British - Australian - American joint exercise held off North Borneo in 1961 . The reinterpretation included an interactive audio - visual plotting table . In July 2011, the interior of Y Turret, the aftmost 6 - inch turret, was redisplayed using audio - visual and atmospheric effects, seeking to evoke the experience of a gunner at the Battle of North Cape . To emphasise the range of the ship's armament, the forward six - inch guns of A and B Turrets are trained on the London Gateway service area on the M1 motorway, some 12.5 miles away on the outskirts of London . A 4 - inch gun mount and a shell hoist are kept in working order and used during blank - firing demonstrations by the Wavy Navy re-enactment group . In addition to the various areas of the ship open to visitors, some compartments have been fitted out as dedicated exhibition space . Permanent exhibitions include "HMS Belfast in War and Peace" and "Life at Sea". The cost of admission to HMS Belfast includes a multilingual audio guide . </P> <P> HMS Belfast also serves as the headquarters of the City of London Sea Cadet Corps, and her prestigious location in central London as a result means she frequently has other vessels berthed alongside . In October 2007 Belfast hosted the naming ceremony of the lighthouse tender THV Galatea with the Queen and Prince Philip in attendance . </P>

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