HMS Belfast was one of the most powerful large light cruisers ever built and is now the only surviving vessel of her type to have seen active service during the Second World War. HMS Belfast is now part of the Imperial War Museum and is the first ship to be preserved for the nation since Nelson’s Victory.
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15:37 Mon 24th May 2010Asks meltdown A. There is so much to do in London that it is difficult to fit it into one weekend, but if you've got the energy we've got the information! Just the size and the amount of people
00:00 Thu 12th Jul 2001 A. A daring raid by the Dutch up the River Medway, In Kent, in June, 1667. It was a great embarrassment to King Charles II and a terrible disaster for the British navy. Q. The Dutch They're
00:00 Mon 12th Nov 2001 A. William Kidd, son of a Presbyterian minister, born in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland, 1645; hanged in London on 23 May 23, 1701. He was a British privateer - then executed as a pirate.
00:00 Mon 08th Oct 2001 A. Yes. Mystery has always shrouded the reason why HMS Hood, pride of the British Navy, sank so quickly. Q. Background please A. It was a terrible time in the Second World War. Britain was
00:00 Mon 31st Dec 2001Trinity House is the home of the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond which is the official General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales and other British territorial waters (with the exception of Scotland, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland). Trinity House is also the official deep sea pilotage authori...
15:37 Mon 24th May 2010 A. He was both a hero and traitor in the American War of Independence. He started as a patriot, but will be remembered by most Americans as the man who tried to hand over a fort to the British
00:00 Mon 18th Feb 2002 A. Pretender to the throne of England. Born in about 1474, he was executed on 23 November, 1499. He might have saved his head if hadn't been so daft. Q. Whom did he impersonate A. He
00:00 Mon 01st Oct 2001Asks marmalade A. The Brabo Fountain is in Antwerp, the second city of Belgium. It's named after Silvius Brabo, a legendary hero who ended years of terror for the port by the giant Antigonus who,
00:00 Mon 21st Jan 2002 A. On 30 September, soon after Harold's magnificent victory at Stamford Bridge (click here for parts one and two on the background to the invasion), he received word that William had invaded at
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