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| Class | Swiftsure | Tiger |
| Type | Light Cruiser | Light Cruiser |
| Year | 1944 | 1945 |
| Crew | 855-960 | 867 |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length | 538 ft (pp) 555 ft | 538 ft (pp) 555 ft |
| Beam | 63 ft | 64 ft |
| Draught | 21 ft - 21 ft | 21 ft |
| Displacement | ||
| Empty | 8,800 t | 8,885 t |
| Loaded | 11,130 t | 11,560 t |
| Performance | ||
| Speed | 32 kt | 32 kt |
| Range | 8,000 nmi @ 16 kn | 8,000 nmi @ 16 kn |
| 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 6-in/50 (3 x 3) BL 6-in Mk. XXIII -5° / +60° | 9 x 6-in/50 (3 x 3) BL 6-in Mk. XXIII -5° / +60° |
| Anti-Aircraft | ||
| Torpedo tubes | 6 x 21-in (2 x 3) | 6 x 21-in (2 x 3) |
| Broadside | 1,008 lbs | 1,008 lbs |
| Armor | ||
| Belt | 3 - 4 in | 3 - 4 in |
| Bulkhead | 1 - 2 in | 1 - 2 in |
| Gun turret | 1 - 2 in | 1 - 2 in |
| Production | ||
| Built | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 6 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
| Minotaur (Swiftsure): | |||||||||
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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 | |
