COBI Imperial War Museums HMS Belfast Light Cruiser Building toy set

Brand: COBIColor: VariousFeatures: 1482 high-quality components Display stand and name plate Manufactured in the EU by a company with more than 20 years of tradition Easy-to-read and intuitive instructions based on drawings and step-by-step directions Fully compatible with other brands of building blocks Details: The HMS Belfast was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy during World War II. She was commissioned on August 5th, 1939. At the end of November of the same year the Belfast was released from service for three years as a result of damage by a German mine. After 1942, she accompanied Arctic convoys. On December 26th, 1943, she and the cruisers HMS Norfolk and HMS Sheffield repelled the attacks of the German battleship Scharnhorst, who attempted to make her way into an Allied convoy. HMS Belfast also took part in the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz. In June 1944 she underwent a general renovation. In August 1945, she sailed into the port of Sydney and from then until 1962 sh