World of Warships: HMS Belfast VR Experience

HMS Belfast was once the most advanced light cruiser in naval history, and Wargaming is bringing her to World of Warships.

Join Wargaming’s own Richard “The Challenger” Cutland and Nicholas “Chieftain” Moran in a mixed-reality VR re-telling of the Battle of the North Cape, to that point the northernmost naval engagement in history, where HMS Belfast played an integral role in the hunt for one of the last big-gun German warships: The Scharnhorst.



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[HuSSaR]

One of the best videos WoW. Cant believe you was not using this VR option from beginning on all ship videos..this is perfect technology to show ships and feel the epicness :D more of this pls

[dOSTOVL]

One of the coolest Youtube videos I've ever seen!

[RedShirtGuy]

all those complex steps to loading and firing and ingame we just click lol.

[AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan]

I've never seen a video like this.   I've never seen a VR video.

[Jiveslug]

Nice work guys. I was surprised about the dummy rounds. Were those actual blanks that were fired or CGI?

[pinemartenemily]

On top of the slightly misleading account of the battle, the Belfast shown here is as it was after the 1959 refit (and as it is today). At the time it would have had a much smaller, partly open bridge and different radio towers.

[TwistedSisterHaratiofales]

I so love how they make it sound like the Belfast took on the Scharnhorst almost by herself, not mentioning the Duke of York British Battleship with 14-inch guns hitting Scharnhorst early on. To bad Tirpitz and the German DD escort wasn't with her. It would have been a much different scene.

[british_ninja_]

It’s weird to think I’ve been in those turrets and around those decks

[armorhide]

David vs. Goliath, in that David had a sling equivalent to a .45 caliber handgun and Goliath likely had very poor eyesight and was a big target. Just like the Scharnhorst had no functioning radar

[ijnmikasa]

Once again the beautiful maid fire's her guns again

[Edi_J]

Very nice video, but too aggressive marketing of the Belfast premium... The battle wasn't between Belfast and Scharnhorst - actually it was Duke of York + destroyers vs Scharnhorst. Cruisers (three: Belfast and 2 others) played mere radar scouting role and the only thing they could do alone was to die. Only a 356mm shell from Duke, penetrating the armored citadel and disabling Scharnhorst's propulsion made possible for destroyers to do successful torpedo attack. Belfast's 152mm guns most probably didn't influence the battle at all - it is believed that even the radar was destroyed by a 203mm shell from one of heavy cruisers.

[kumaneko]

Whaou ! C est impressionnant, voir le hors champs autours de nous. Ca serait bien si un jour vous nous faite visiter un navire a 360°

[SgtSteel]

Nearly 2000 men went down with the Scharnhorst. Think about that... Our fellow European brothers... no more wars between us ever.

[flamedphoenix]

I want this ship in World of warships. I would play this ship

[lancejacobs]

This is a truly horrible account of the Battle of the North Cape that leaves out more info than it provides. The British battleship HMS Duke of York did the overwhelming amount of gun damage to the Scharnhorst, not the Belfast. And the British destroyers launched devastating torpedo attacks. An early destroyer torpedo attack hit her with 4 torps, crippling the speed of the Scharnhorst for the rest of the battle. You fail to mention that, much less the final destroyer torp attack that sank her, where 3 destroyers fired a whopping 19 more torps at her.

The battle was 14 ships vs 1, another important fact left out. It was one battleship on the German side, with 1 Battleship, 1 Heavy Cruiser, 3 Light Cruisers, and 9 destroyers on the other side.

You make it sound like it was a fair fight.

[lancerofblue]

Literally stared at a grid for half a minute before I realized I actually had to look around...

[GeraV]

This wasn't the anime big breasted girl i was promised...

[AUSTRALIA-ogvy]

When you fired the gun where did the shell go

[randy]

Theres only 1 ship I want. The mighty Mo, USS Missouri.

[mammothmk]

Well, the class may resuface someday, because we have an effective weapon to counter airplane: Laser. ;)