Moored opposite the Tower of London, just upstream from Tower Bridge, the Belfast is the only surviving major warship of World War II. It was built in 1939 at the famous Harland & Wolff yard in Belfast, and although due to be scrapped after 30 years active service, it was saved by the H.M.S. Belast Trust which ztepped in to buy her for the nation.
Today she is a floating museum, preserving as far as possible the working atmosphere of a ship that took part in the sinking of the Scharnhorst off the North Cape of Norway, bombarded the D-Day beaches of Normandy, served in Korean waters and was finally the flagship of Britain's Far Eastern fleet.
Her last captain, Rear Admiral Morgan Giles, was also the first chairman of the trust that has saved her from the scrap yard.

Most of the information above was gleaned from an illustrated book, The Love of London, by Wilfred Rolfe. Original publisher was Octopus Books Ltd., London W1; this edition was produced by Mandarin Publishers Limited, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.

This page contains a few pictures:  one of the  'Belfast'  at anchor on the Thames in London; one of me and Doug Walmsley, the custodian of the special events station GB2RN which is on board; and the third one, of me operating GB2RN in a QSO (one of many) with a continental European station.

Picture #1: the 'Belfast'

Picture #2 - me and Doug at the operating desk of GB2RV

Picture #3 - me operating GB2RN