Class | Swiftsure | Tiger |
Type | Light Cruiser | Light Cruiser |
Year | 1944 | 1945 |
Crew | 855-960 | 867 |
Dimensions | ||
Length | 164.0 m (pp) 169.3 m | 164.0 m (pp) 169.3 m |
Beam | 19.2 m | 19.5 m |
Draught | 6.3 m - 6.4 m | 6.4 m |
Displacement | ||
Empty | 8,800 t | 8,885 t |
Loaded | 11,130 t | 11,560 t |
Performance | ||
Speed | 58 km/h | 58 km/h |
Range | 14,816 km @ 30 km/h | 14,816 km @ 30 km/h |
Machinery | ||
Shafts | 4 | 4 |
Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 72,500 hp Parsons | 4 x Geared steam 72,500 hp Parsons |
Boilers | 4 x Admiralty | 4 x Admiralty |
Fuel | Oil: 1,850 t | Oil: 1,900 t |
Armament | ||
Main | 9 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 tubes | 6 x 533-mm (2 x 3) | 6 x 533-mm (2 x 3) |
Broadside | 457 kg | 457 kg |
Armor | ||
Belt | 83 - 89 mm | 83 - 89 mm |
Bulkhead | 25 - 51 mm | 25 - 51 mm |
Gun turret | 25 - 51 mm | 25 - 51 mm |
Production | ||
Built | 3 | 1 |
Total | 6 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Minotaur (Swiftsure): | |||||||||
Ontario | 53 | Harland & Wolff | 20/11/1941 | 29/07/1943 | 25/05/1945 | 15/10/1958 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Swiftsure | 08 | Vickers-Armstrong | 22/09/1941 | 04/02/1943 | 22/06/1944 | 1955 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Minotaur (Tiger): | |||||||||
Bellerophon | 50 | Vickers-Armstrong | 08/1944 | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
Blake | 99 | Fairfield | 17/08/1942 | 20/12/1945 | - | - | Cancelled, rebuilt | ||
Defence | 34 | Scotts | 24/06/1942 | 02/09/1944 | - | - | Cancelled, rebuilt | ||
Hawke | 27 | Portsmouth DYd | 01/07/1943 | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
Superb | 25 | Swan Hunter | 23/06/1942 | 31/08/1943 | 16/11/1945 | 1957 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Tiger | 20 | John Brown | 01/10/1941 | 25/10/1945 | - | - | Cancelled, rebuilt |