HMS Belfast: WW2’S Great Survivor

Channel 5, 9pm, Wednesday

Rob Bell continues his celebration of the ships that played a key role in Britain’s history by visiting the Second World War cruiser HMS Belfast, which helped to bring down the Nazis.

The sole survivor of the British ships that bombarded the Normandy coast on D-day, Belfast has been preserved in immaculate condition, as Rob discovers when he gets a chance to fire one of the guns.