HISTORY AT HIGHFIELD HUMANITIES COLLEGE - BLACKPOOL

MARCH 2009

40 Pupils, 4 staff and 1 excellent coach driver (thanks Paul) took part in this years History Visit to HMS Belfast

HMS Belfast is the largest surviving example of Britain's twentieth century naval power and is now a museum moored on the Thames between Tower and London Bridge.  She was the first ship to be saved for the nation since Nelson's HMS Victory due to her historical importance.

Best known for her role in supporting the advancing Allied troops as they made their way onto Gold and Juno beaches on the morning of D-Day, 6 June 1944, HMS Belfast is now a naval time capsule, providing nine decks of living history to explore.

The HMS Belfast experience provides living testament to her illustrious service, her battle stories and the conditions in which up to 950 crew members lived and fought in until her retirement from the Royal Navy in 1965.