<Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> HMS Belfast at her London berth, painted in Admiralty pattern Disruptive Camouflage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> History </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> United Kingdom </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Name: </Td> <Td> HMS Belfast </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ordered: </Td> <Td> 21 September 1936 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Builder: </Td> <Td> Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast, Northern Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Yard number: </Td> <Td> 1000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Laid down: </Td> <Td> 10 December 1936 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Launched: </Td> <Td> 17 March 1938 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Completed: </Td> <Td> 3 August 1939 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Commissioned: </Td> <Td> 5 August 1939 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Decommissioned: </Td> <Td> 24 August 1963 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Identification: </Td> <Td> Pennant number C35 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Motto: </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Pro Tanto Quid Retribuamus </Li> <Li> (Latin: For so much, how shall we repay?) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Honours and awards: </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Arctic 1943 </Li> <Li> North Cape 1943 </Li> <Li> Normandy 1944 </Li> <Li> Korea 1950--52 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Status: </Td> <Td> Museum ship since 21 October 1971 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> General characteristics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Class and type: </Td> <Td> Town - class light cruiser </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Displacement: </Td> <Td> 11,550 tons </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Length: </Td> <Td> 613 ft 6 in (186.99 m) overall </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Beam: </Td> <Td> 63 ft 4 in (19.3 m) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Draught: </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 18 ft 3 in (5.56 m) forward </Li> <Li> 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) aft </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Installed power: </Td> <Td> 80,000 shp (60,000 kW) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Propulsion: </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 4 × Admiralty oil - fired 3 - drum boilers </Li> <Li> 4 × Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Speed: </Td> <Td> 32 knots (59 km / h) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Complement: </Td> <Td> 781--881 (as flagship, 1939) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Armament: </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1939: </Li> <Li> 12 × 6 - inch (152 mm) Mk XXIII guns (4 × 3) </Li> <Li> 12 × 4 - inch (102 mm) Mk XVI dual purpose guns (6 × 2) </Li> <Li> 16 × 2 - pounder (40 mm) anti-aircraft guns (2 × 8) </Li> <Li> 8 × 0.5 - inch (13 mm) AA machine guns (2 × 4) </Li> <Li> 6 × 21 - inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2 × 3) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Armour: </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Main belt: 4.5 inches (114 mm) </Li> <Li> Main turrets: Up to 4 inches (102 mm) </Li> <Li> Decks over magazines: 3 inches (76 mm) </Li> <Li> Decks over machinery: 2 inches (51 mm) </Li> <Li> Bulkheads: 2.5 inches (63.5 mm) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aircraft carried: </Td> <Td> 2 × Supermarine Walrus (disembarked June 1943) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aviation facilities: </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 2 × hangars </Li> <Li> 1 × catapult (removed 1945) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> HMS Belfast at her London berth, painted in Admiralty pattern Disruptive Camouflage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> History </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> United Kingdom </Th> </Tr>

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