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HMS Belfast

3, 4, 5 Deck

Free event with general admission

Descend below the Thames waterline into these heavily armoured decks to find the machinery held within.

The central part of HMS Belfast's lower decks was the most heavily protected, enclosed within a thick ‘box’ of cemented armour.

Here, in the deepest parts of the ship, marvel at the size and scale of the rooms that drove Belfast into battle.

Highlights

  • Family playing lower steering position HMS Belfast

    Steer the ship

    HMS Belfast was steered from the Lower Steering Position, deep in the heart of the ship. Try our new interactive experience and see if you can follow the Captain’s orders to steer HMS Belfast to its destination in time for D-Day, 6 June 1944.

  • Girl looking at Engine Room Gauges HMS Belfast
    IWM

    Under Pressure

    Notice the sheer number of pressure gauges, dials, wheels, pipes, and cogs within these lower levels. Discover what it would have sounded like in the lower decks through a soundscape of engine noise.

  • Couple explore Shell Room
    © IWM

    Shell Rooms

    Each of the four 6-inch gun turrets was served by its own shell room in the lower decks. See replica 6-inch shells sit on a revolving carousel ready to be hoisted up to the gun turret above.

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