HMS_Belfast_(Type_26_frigate)

HMS <i>Belfast</i> (Type 26 frigate)

HMS Belfast (Type 26 frigate)

Type 26 or City class frigate for the Royal Navy

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named HMS Belfast.

HMS Belfast is a Type 26 frigate of the Royal Navy and the second vessel named after the Northern Ireland capital Belfast.[13][14] In September 2017, her name was announced by the First Sea Lord. HM ships' names are selected by the Ships' Names and Badges Committee.[15] HMS Belfast (C35) was renamed HMS Belfast (1938) by the Imperial War Museum to avoid confusion.[16] She was ordered on 2 July 2017. The first steel was cut on HMS Belfast 29 June 2021 by HRH The Duke of Cambridge.[17]

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