Red and black plaque № 8920

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# HMS Belfast at Morgans Lane, Tooley Street Standing on the Thames-side cobbles of Morgans Lane, you're positioned at the very heart of where HMS Belfast has called home since 1971, permanently moored as a floating museum just metres from this plaque's location. This stretch of the South Bank beca...

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Morgans Lane, Tooley St, SE1

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HMS Belfast Launched in 1938 at Harland & Wolff, the only surviving major Royal Navy warship from WWII. Four 20,000 hp steam turbines, a speed of 32 knots, 12 6-inch guns and displacing 11,500 tons; HMS Belfast's success in battle is a tribute to her sound design and the skill and courage of her crew.