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Printed from: http://petersburgcity.com/news/culture/2010/08/20/Hms_belfast_200810/ Culture news, 20.08.2010 16:39 New masts for legendary British cruiserThe Russian ship Mikhail Dudin loaded with new masts for the legendary British cruiser Belfast has set out for London.The masts were made at a St. Petersburg shipyard. The Belfast, a WWII veteran ship that escorted British? Canadian and U.S. military aid convoys to the Soviet ports of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk, is now a floating museum moored on the River Thames in central London.
News source: Voice of Russia
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