Swiftsure Class Light Cruisers

Swiftsure class Light Cruisers

Individual Specification
Name	Pennant	Completed	Builders	Fate
Group 1
Swiftsure	C08	22 Jun. 1944	Vickers Armstrong	Paid off 1953 after colliding with destroyer HMS Diamond. Broken up 1962
Group 2
Superb	C25	16 Nov. 1945	Swan Hunter	Paid off 1957. Broken up 1960

1:600 HMS Superb, as completed. She differed from Swiftsure in having 4 twin 20mm cannons on the bridge, for a short period, 2 in a tower in front of it and 2 in the wings and by carrying whip aerials on the funnels © Andrew Arthur

1:600 Swiftsure. Changes from earlier Crown Colony class included suppressing "X" turret for an extra twin 4", heavy light AA armament, and shipping the pom-poms in 4 quads as opposed to 2 octuples - greatly increasing the arcs covered by them. Modern Mk.IV HA directors were carried, as was a modern RDF fit © Andrew Arthur

A further development on the Crown Colony design, incorporating war modifications. Superb was completed to a slightly different design as the only ship of the second group of the class.

		Swiftsure	Superb		Swiftsure	Superb
Dimensions	Net displacement	8,800 tons	8,885 tons	Length	555.5'	555.5'
	Gross displacement	11,130 tons	11,560 tons	Beam	63'	64'
	Load	2330 tons	2275 tons	Draught	17.25'	17.25'

Performance & Propulsion
Range	8000 miles @ 16 kts, 2000 miles @ 30 kts	Speed	31.5 kts
Propulsion	4 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 4 x Parsons steam turbines @ 72500 hp

Armament, Armour & Complement
Complement	867 Officers & Ratings
Armament	Gun 3 x 3 x 6" / 50 Mk .23 5 x 2 x 4" / 45 Mk.16 HA 4 x 4 x 2 pdr "Pom-Pom" AA 13 x 1 x 40 mm Bofors AA, 6 Later Torpedo 2 x 3 x 21" tubes	Armour	3.25" - 3.5" belt 2" deck 1" - 2" turrets 1.5" - 2" bulkheads

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