Now this is what I call a warship - she's got guns (6") ...

[dogtag]

She looks good too after all these years.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-gunfire-thames-firearms-shooting-royal-family-marines-hms-belfast-a8597546.html

Royal Marines, formed in 1664.

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She had the honor of firing the opening salvo on D Day.

[JB White]

The successor to her name is planned to be quite different. What the British call a Type 26 Frigate. I didn't know that until I looked it up.

[Mark in Ottawa]

Sounds good but thankfully it is not the Norwegian Royals who are visiting. They might expect a frigate to be sunk on the Thames instead. (see https://gcaptain.com/norwegian-friga...n-with-tanker/)

[Vern Humphrey]

If the Dutch want to see a REAL firepower demonstration, they should go to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The Artillery Center always puts on a good show.

[dogtag]

If the Dutch want to see a REAL firepower demonstration, they should go to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The Artillery Center always puts on a good show.

"I can do anything better than you can,
I can do anything better than you"

[Vern Humphrey]

If American artillery says it, it's true.

[lyman]

I did not know they still used Dazzleship paint jobs

[JB White]

I did not know they still used Dazzleship paint jobs

She's probably restored to her WW2 appearance. Dazzle made a comeback in the early 40's during the second U-boat threat. Later in the war they experimented with other forms of dazzle but the technology had developed beyond the paint's usefulness.

[lyman]

makes sense,


always thought some of those Dazzle paint jobs were neat,

[m1ashooter]

She is a fine looking war ship