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This page is not an actual journal entry, it simply explains the pictures in the BELFAST folder in my picture album.

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24 January 2004

University of Edinburgh, Scotland

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Photo 1: aftyturret: The aft "Y" gun turret exterior
Cruisers run armed with four 6" tripe gun turrets, two on the front and two on the back of the ship. They are designated A, B, X and Y for our purposes. The Y turret is below the X turret on the rear of the ship. This is a photograph of the exterior of the three guns from beside the entrance to the turret, to give an idea of scale.
Photo 2: belfast: The HMS Belfast
The HMS Belfast was commissioned in the early twenties, and launched in 1938. She saw service in World War II, particularly in the Arctic, Northcape, and Normandy Invasion, the Korean War, and remained an active flag ship until the 1960s. She is currently moored in the Thames River as a living memorial and monument to the men and women of the Royal Navy, and a reminder of the great naval power of Great Britain. This photograph shows the HMS Belfast with the Tower Bridge in the background, and is taken from the Queen's Walk, which runs along the Thames and commemorates the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
Photo 3: belfastbow2: The bow of the HMS Belfast
tThe HMS Belfast was built with the intention of being a flagship, and so offers special accomidations for the Fleet Admiral. One of these special features is the Admirals Bridge, which I was standing in to take Photo 5.
Photo 4: belfastentrance: Entrance to the pier
Photo 5: belfastforard: The Fo'c'sle of the HMS Belfast
Named for a time when archers stood on the front of ships to fire volleys of arrows to land and other vessles, the frontmost portion of the ship is called a Fo'c'sle, or Forecastle. Now it is used to store the ship's anchors. Although the HMS Belfast orginally carried three anchors, only the port anchor is visible now. One starboard anchor was removed in 1940, and the other is in the Thames River, holding the ship in place. The flag is roughly where I stood to take Photo 3.
Photo 4: belfastentrace: Entrance to the pier
Photo 5: belfastforard: Front deck of the HMS Belfast
Phot 6: radioroom: The Radio Room
Photo 7: bell: Ship's Bell
Photo 8: yturretinside: The aft "Y" gun turret interior
Photo 9: belfastcass: The HMS Belfast and Cassandra

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