HMS Belfast, launched in 1938, was a World War II-era Royal Navy warship with a history that includes the Arctic convoy, D-Day, the Cold War, and the Korean War. decommissioned in 1963, she was eventually preserved as a museum ship and is now permanently moored in the River Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge

The ship is moored permanently in the River Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge.

The ship has nine decks and various exhibits that tell the story of the ship and the lives of its 950 crew members. After closing in March 2020 due to the pandemic, several changes were made for the reopening on July 8, and a new collaboration with Wargaming, the developer of World of Warships, was announced.

Essentially, the "World of Warships Command Centre" is a room filled with PCs and consoles where you can play World of Warships (to be fair, HMS Belfast is included among the many historically accurate ships) The game will be available to the public. If one wonders how such a collaboration came about, perhaps it is because the HMS Belfast is preserved and managed by a private trust, not the British government.

And Wargaming deserves much credit for that. But the fact that a highly successful developer (over 50 million players across the entire "World of Warships" game) would go out of its way to help fund a real world museum that preserves the history on which the game is based: ...... You can hardly blame them for this.

Hey, hey, hey, what's up with the masks? [Over the past year, we have had the privilege of working with naval museums around the world and assisting them during a very difficult time," says Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming. I can't wait to see these historic warships once again entertain and educate visitors."

HMS Belfast will be open to the public again on July 8