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HMS Belfast
Expore all nine decks of Europe's only surviving big gun warship from WWII. HMS Belfast was launched in 1938, saw active service in World War II, and decommissioned in 1965. Now part of the Imperial War Museum, HMS Belfast has been a floating museum since 1971.
Web: hmsbelfast.iwm.org.uk
Open: Daily 10am-6pm (last admission 5.15pm)
Prices: £15.50; senior citizen and student conc £12.40; under-16s free
Open: Daily 10am-6pm (last admission 5.15pm)
Prices: £15.50; senior citizen and student conc £12.40; under-16s free
News & features about HMS Belfast
- UK and Dutch Marines stage display on Thames during state visit 24 Oct 2018
- New sculpture on the river walk by HMS Belfast 5 Aug 2017
- RMS St Helena cargo ship to visit Pool of London 19 May 2016
- Round-the-world bagpipe challenge ends at HMS Belfast 27 Feb 2016
- Councillors blast Russian space rocket tower plan into orbit 7 Oct 2015
- Neil Coyle makes maiden speech in House of Commons 1 Jul 2015
- VE Day theme for 'Beating the Bounds' custom 11 May 2015
- Matisse effect helps Tate Modern to record 5.7 million visitors 16 Mar 2015
- WWI centenary £2 coins given out in change at HMS Belfast shop 12 Feb 2015
- Thousands sign petition against Imperial War Museum cuts 16 Nov 2014
- HMS Severn arrives in London 5 Nov 2014
- Soil from WWI battlefields arrives at Waterloo Station 9 Oct 2014
- HMS Mersey visits the Thames 3 Oct 2014
- David Cameron at HMS Belfast for D-Day 70th anniversary event 20 May 2014
- Time capsule buried at One Blackfriars skyscraper building site 10 May 2014
- Lifeboat crew rescues man clinging to Thames barge 3 Apr 2014
- Tate Modern visitor numbers fall; Tower Bridge gains in popularity 5 Mar 2014
- Imperial War Museum to outsource visitor services and security 12 Dec 2013
- Soil from Flanders battlefields brought to London 30 Nov 2013
- 1513: A Ships' Opera at The Mayor's Thames Festival 18 Sep 2013
- Princess takes to the Thames to watch Doggett's Coat & Badge Race 12 Jul 2013
- Upper Deck riverside bar opens at HMS Belfast 19 Jun 2013
- Borough's top volunteers recognised at 'Southwark Stars' 11 Jun 2013
- Victory Day commemorated at Southwark's Soviet War Memorial 9 May 2013
- HMS Edinburgh makes final visit to London 7 May 2013
Forum discussions about HMS Belfast
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- Team-Building
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- Wedding Ceremony Venue
- Columbus arrives at Tower Bridge
- Mayan Queen IV - 92m "megayacht"
- Photography classes
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- Three Houses [major London Bridge development by Sellar, designed by Herzog & de Meuron]
Restaurants, pubs & bars near HMS Belfast
- River Cottage 58 yards
- The Horniman at Hay's 118 yards
- Cote Brasserie 128 yards
- The Alexander Hay 154 yards
- Bagel Factory 162 yards
- Cafe Rouge 172 yards
- Five Guys 172 yards
- Gaucho 182 yards
- Costa Coffee 192 yards
- Cafe Piazza 194 yards
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