Sea Weapons

Light Cruiser (1944)

Minotaur class

HMS Swiftsure (08)

Preceded by:

Bellona (1943)

Succeeded by:

Tiger (1959)

Datafile

ClassSwiftsureTiger
TypeLight CruiserLight Cruiser
Year19441945
Crew855-960867
Dimensions
Length164.0 m (pp)
169.3 m
164.0 m (pp)
169.3 m
Beam19.2 m19.5 m
Draught6.3 m - 6.4 m6.4 m
Displacement
Empty8,800 t8,885 t
Loaded11,130 t11,560 t
Performance
Speed58 km/h58 km/h
Range14,816 km @ 30 km/h
14,816 km @ 30 km/h
Machinery
Shafts44
Turbines4 x Geared steam
72,500 hp
Parsons
4 x Geared steam
72,500 hp
Parsons
Boilers4 x Admiralty4 x Admiralty
FuelOil: 1,850 tOil: 1,900 t
Armament
Main9 x 152-mm/50 (3 x 3)
BL 6-in Mk. XXIII
-5° / +60°

9 x 152-mm/50 (3 x 3)
BL 6-in Mk. XXIII
-5° / +60°

Anti-Aircraft
Torpedo tubes6 x 533-mm (2 x 3)
6 x 533-mm (2 x 3)
Broadside457 kg457 kg
Armor
Belt83 - 89 mm83 - 89 mm
Bulkhead25 - 51 mm25 - 51 mm
Gun turret25 - 51 mm25 - 51 mm
Production
Built31
Total6

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Minotaur (Swiftsure):
Ontario 53 Harland & Wolff20/11/194129/07/194325/05/194515/10/1958Sold/Scrapped
Swiftsure 08 Vickers-Armstrong22/09/194104/02/194322/06/19441955Sold/Scrapped
Minotaur (Tiger):
Bellerophon 50 Vickers-Armstrong08/1944---Cancelled
Blake 99 Fairfield17/08/194220/12/1945--Cancelled, rebuilt
Defence 34 Scotts24/06/194202/09/1944--Cancelled, rebuilt
Hawke 27 Portsmouth DYd01/07/1943---Cancelled
Superb 25 Swan Hunter23/06/194231/08/194316/11/19451957Sold/Scrapped
Tiger 20 John Brown01/10/194125/10/1945--Cancelled, rebuilt

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