light cruiser HMS Belfast (C35)

[Culusion 254]

HMS Belfast at her London berth, painted in Admiralty pattern Disruptive Camouflage. (Modernized)

HMS Belfast is a Town class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy, construction of Belfast, the first ship in the Royal Navy to be named after the capital city of Northern Ireland and one of ten Town-class cruisers began in December 1936. She was launched on St Patrick's Day 1938. Commissioned in early August 1939 shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Belfast was initially part of the British naval blockade against Germany.

Statistics:
Displacement: 11,550 tons

Length: 613 ft 6 in (186.99 meters) overall

Beam: 63 ft 4 in (19.3 meters)

Draught: 18 ft 3 in (5.56 meters) forward, 19 ft 9 in (6.02 meters) aft

Installed power: 80,000 shp (60,000 kW)

Propulsion: 4 × Admiralty oil-fired 3-drum boilers, 4 × Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines

Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)

Complement: 781–881 (as flagship, 1939)


When completed Belfast had an overall length of 613 feet 6 inches (187.0 meters), a beam of 63 feet 4 inches (19.3 meters) and a draught of 17 feet 3 inches (5.3 meters). Her standard displacement during her sea trials was 10,420 long tons (10,590 tons). She was propelled by four three-drum oil-fired Admiralty water-tube boilers turning Parsons geared steam turbines driving four propeller shafts. She was capable of 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h, 37.4 mph) and carried 2,400 long tons (2,400 tons) of fuel oil. This gave her a maximum range of 8,664 nautical miles (16,046 km, 9,970 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h, 15 mph).

Armor:
Main belt: 4.5 inches (114 mm)

Main turrets: Up to 4 inches (102 mm)

Decks over magazines: 3 inches (76 mm)

Decks over machinery: 2 inches (51 mm)

Bulkheads: 2.5 inches (63.5 mm)


Belfast at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1962.

Armament (1939):

12 × 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XXIII guns(4×3)

12 × 4-inch (102 mm) Mk XVI dual purpose guns (6×2)

16 × 2 pounder (40 mm) anti-aircraft guns (2×8) (two eight-barrel mountings, couldn't find an image)

8 × 0.5-inch (13 mm) AA machine guns (2×4)

6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes(2×3) (no image could be found)

After Modernization ^^

March 1951: Belfast fires a salvo against enemy troop concentrations on the west coast of the Korean Peninsula.

Belfast is a light cruiser of the third Town class. The Town class had originated in 1933 as the Admiralty's response to the Imperial Japanese Navy's Mogami class cruiser (see Mogami suggestion here), an 11,200 ton light cruiser mounting fifteen 6 inch (152 mm) guns with a top speed exceeding 35 knots (65 km/h, 40 mph). The Admiralty's requirement called for a 9,000 ton cruiser sufficiently armoured to withstand a direct hit from an 8-inch (203 mm) shell capable of 32 knots (59 km/h) and mounting twelve 6-inch guns. Seaplanes carried aboard would enable shipping lanes to be patrolled over a wide area and the class was also to be capable of its own anti-aircraft defense.

References:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/hms-belfast
http://maritime.elettra.co.uk/hmsbelfast/history/
http://www.castlesfortsbattles.co.uk/london/hms_belfast.html

Wikipedia

[leroyonly 4,310]

Open for discussion. 

[Shinyyyy 0]

+ 1 

[Shaun7 55]

You know, I was just about to suggest this, but you got there first! This would have to be top top tier, like 6.0 or something. Probably the most famous light cruiser of all time, with such a history behind it.

[Mercedes4321 4,695]

Some nice plans of the Belfast

Spoiler

 

[Shaun7 55]

Where do you guys find these plans? Google images is rubbish 

[Mercedes4321 4,695]

7 minutes ago, Shaun7 said:

Where do you guys find these plans? Google images is rubbish 

National Maritime Museum's collection

http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;authority=vessel-1014717;browseBy=vessel;vesselFacetLetter=B

[Shaun7 55]

2 hours ago, Mercedes4321 said:

National Maritime Museum's collection

http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#!csearch;authority=vessel-1014717;browseBy=vessel;vesselFacetLetter=B

Yeah I used that site to no luck.

[Mercedes4321 4,695]

18 minutes ago, Shaun7 said:

Yeah I used that site to no luck.

It’s real hit or miss for a lot of ships unfortunately

[Culusion 254]

1 hour ago, Mercedes4321 said:

It’s real hit or miss for a lot of ships unfortunately

that's very true, when it comes to a suggestion I try to find info that is the most readily available, the community helps fill in the blanks or correct any mistakes.

[GlorytoHypnotoad 197]

I think a ship like Belfast is worthy of being a premium. The Town class in general should be in the tech tree though, probably at 6.0. 

[OpalQT 2]

On ‎16‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 17:14, sergeanthop said:

I think a ship like Belfast is worthy of being a premium. The Town class in general should be in the tech tree though, probably at 6.0. 

Edinburgh specifically could work quite well.

[duckmartin 1,889]

+1 it's one of my favourite ship's of the royal Navy 

[Zombificus 792]

Definitely in favour of this ship, though I've refrained from voting in the poll in the hopes you might update it to be a multiple choice question. I'd personally quite like to see the standard HMS Belfast in the tree, with the modernised version as a premium, and if you'd change the poll to multiple choice, I'd choose both of those options. In any case, this is a great suggestion and I hope to see it in game.

Edited March 8, 2019 by Zombificus

[BH5496 1,139]

Definitely should have been given the Town instead of the Leader we are getting, and should have gotten the Leander before the Dido. I really don't get why Gaijin insists on British cruisers being a tier below the rest of the nations.

[Admiral_Aruon 2,264]

all for one as a tech tree and the other version as a tech tree or premium. +2

[Milocat 4,849]

Yes please, I would love to get this as a light cruiser addition to the British tree.  

[CokeSpray 7,272]

Suggestion passed to the developers for consideration.

[leroyonly 4,310]

As the HMS Belfast has been implemented with update 1.93,

 

Moved to Implemented Suggestions.