HMS Belfast

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Ship	HMS Belfast


Operated By Country	Great Britain
Unit Type	Ship
Depicted In Image
Ship Class Image
Ship Class	HMS Edinburgh
Ship Type	Cruiser
Ship Attribute	Existing
Located At Old Place	London

Involved In Activity	1943 12 26 0100 Surface Action Sinking Of The Scharnhorst North Cape, North Atlantic
as	N
Commanded By	Parham F R
Rank	Captain
Details	Between North Cape and Bear Island
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Postings	0

Units
	Operated By Country
	Great Britain

Ships
	Built By Shipbuilder	Laid Down YMD	Launch YMD	Commissioned YMD	Final YMD	On Slip	Fitting Out	Total Building	Life Year
	Harland And Wolff Ltd	1936 Dec 10	1938 Mar 17	1939 Aug 03	1971 Jan 01	462day	504day	966day	31.41yr

Sensors
1) Fitted With Sensor	2) 1: as	3) 2: Fitted	4) 1: Primary Image	5) 1:Radar Type
BR, Radar, Type 273	N	1942 Jan 01		Surface Search
BR, Radar, Type 281	N	1942 Jan 01		Air Search
BR, Radar, Type 282	N	1942 Jan 01		AA Fire Control
BR Director Close Range Blind Fire Director	N
BR, Radar, Type 274	N			Surface Fire Control
BR, Radar, Type 283	N	1942 Jan 01		AA Fire Control
BR, Radar, Type 284	N	1942 Jan 01		Surface Fire Control
BR, Radar, Type 285	N	1942 Jan 01		AA Fire Control
BR, Radar, Type 281 B	N	1945 May 01		Air Search
BR, Radar, Type 293 P	N	1945 May 01		Air Search \| Surface Search
BR, Radar, Type 277 Q	N	1945 May 01		Air Search \| Surface Search
BR, Radar, Type 268	N			Navigation

Assignments
1) Covered By Assignment	2) 1: Assign To Unit	3) 2: Covered By Assignment	4) 3: Assign To Unit
1939-Dec-01 - BR Rosyth	BR Rosyth
1945-Jan-01 HMS Sussex - HMS Birmingham - HMS Glasgow - - HMS Dido - HMS Bellona - HMS Diadem - HMS Mauritius - HMS Jamaica - HMS Bermuda - HMS Apollo - RN 10th Cruiser Squadron	RN 10th Cruiser Squadron	1945_Jan_01 - RN Home Fleet	RN Home Fleet

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