HMS Belfast Pocket Manual

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Description

A unique guide to this famous warship, collating authentic period sources including design notes and information for sailors to provide a unique guide to this famous warship.

A familiar sight on the Thames at London Bridge, HMS Belfast is a Royal Navy light cruiser, launched in March 1938. Belfast was part of the British naval blockade against Germany and from November 1942 escorted Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union and assisted in the destruction of the German warship Scharnhorst. In June 1944 Belfast supported the Normandy landings and in 1945 was redeployed to the British Pacific Fleet.

After the war she saw action in the Korean War and a number of other overseas actions. She has been part of the Imperial War Museum since 1978, with 250,000 visitors annually.

This fascinating book comprises a series of documents that give information on the building of the ship, her wartime service history and life on board in a handy pocket-sized format, ideal as a gift.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 Operational Overview
Chapter 2 Hitler's Ships
Chapter 3 Coastal And Other Vessels
Chapter 4 Service In Hitler's Navy
Conclusion

Further Reading
German Naval Ranks and Equivalents
Index
About the Author

Product details

Published May 31 2018
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 160
ISBN 9781472827838
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 25 black and white photographs and illustrations
Series General Military
Short code GNM
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

John Blake

Lieutenant-Commander John Blake, FRIN, spent twelv…

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