H.M.S. Swiftsure
08
1944
(Neptun 1140b)
- Class: Minotaur - 3 light cruisers of 1940
- Displacement: 8,800 tons
- Dimensions: 538 (pp) 555.5 (oa) x 62 x 16.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 72,500 = 33 knots
- Armor: Main belt 3.25 in., deck 2 in., turrets 2 in., D.C.T. 4 in.
- Armament: 9-6 in. (3x3), 10-4 in. A.A. (5x2), 16-2 pdr. A.A. (4x4) guns; 6-21 in. T.T. (2x3)
- Complement: 867
- Builder: Vickers-Armstrong, Newcastle-on-Tyne
- Laid Down: 22 Sep 1941
- Launched: 4 Feb 1943
- Completed: 22 Jun 1944
- Service: Unallocated cruiser, Home Fleet, Aug-Oct 1944. 4th CS, Eastern Fleet, Nov 1944. 4th CS, East Indies Command, Dec 1944. 4th CS, British Pacific Fleet Jan 1945-Mar 1946, including service with TF 57 off Okinawa in May 1945. Scrapped at Inverkeithing from Oct 1946.
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