HMS Caroline is nearing the end of a £14.5m restoration and will open as a museum Belfast metalworkers have recreated a part of history by manufacturing replica guns for the sole surviving ship ...

HMS Belfast's main armament comprises twelve six-inch guns in four triple turrets with a rate of fire of eight rounds per gun per minute. Her secondary armament comprised twelve four-inch guns ...

The guns of Belfast, by Stuart Miller in the Londonist Flickr pool. It sounds like an urban myth. The forward-facing guns of HMS Belfast are permanently positioned to score a direct hit on the ...

HMS Belfast is one of the most significant battleships to have survived the Second World War. With nine huge decks, including gun turrets, punishment rooms and an operating theatre, you can’t ...

Apart from periods replenishing ammunition, HMS Belfast was almost continuously in action over the five weeks after D-Day and fired thousands of rounds from her guns in support of Allied troops ...

but the above information is a fair statement of the significance of HMS Belfast in the fleet. A range of much larger, heavier capital ships provided the Navy's big gun hitting power. These were ...

HMS Belfast has conducted a gun salute to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The now-retired war vessel was hosting a private event to mark the occasion as its 6 inch, 4 inch and ...

Belfast metalworkers have recreated a part of history by manufacturing replica guns for the sole surviving ship that fought in World War One's biggest naval battle. HMS Caroline is moored in the ...