A close view of the port side of the after part of the Royal Navy light cruiser Belfast (1938) leaving Middle Slip Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard, bound out. The photographer is on the jetty abreast the mainmast looking aft and to starboard showing the after funnel, the aft superstructure and 'X' and 'Y' six inch turrets. The Royal Naval Reserve crew are mustered at 'Hands for leaving harbour' stations. Everything forward of the after funnel and the extreme stern are out of the picture.