SWIFTSURE light cruisers

Swiftsure 1944

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ontario (ex-Minotaur) (RCN)	53 - CCL32	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	20/11/1941	29/7/1943	25/5/1945	to Canada 11/1944, stricken 10/1958
Swiftsure	08 - C08	Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne	22/9/1941	4/2/1943	22/6/1944	stricken 1960, sold for BU 10/1962

Displacement standard, t

8800

Displacement full, t

11130 (Swiftsure later 11240, Ontario 11480)

Length, m

164.0 pp 169.3 oa

Breadth, m

19.2

Draught, m

6.30 deep load (later 6.35 - 6.45)

No of shafts

4

Machinery

Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

72500

Max speed, kn

31.5

Fuel, t

oil 1850

Armour, mm
belt: 89 - 83, bulkheads: 51 - 38, turrets: 51 - 25, barbettes: up to 25, deck: 51 - 32

Armament

Ontario: 3 x 3 - 152/50 BL Mk XXIII, 5 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI HA, 4 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 8 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 8 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 3 - 533 TT

Swiftsure: 3 x 3 - 152/50 BL Mk XXIII, 5 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI HA, 4 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 8 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 3 - 533 TT

Sensors

Swiftsure: type 277, 281B, 282, 283, 284, 285, 293 radars

Ontario: type 275, 277, 281B, 282, 283, 284, 285, 293 radars

Complement

855, 960 war

Ship project history: Last British cruisers which have become operational in days of war. Enhanced design of Fiji with better stability at the expense of breadth increase, strengthened AA armament and larger fuel stowage.

Protection: Armoured belt extended from "A" to "Y" barbettes and to upper deck abreast boiler rooms and fore engine room and to main deck abreast aft engine room, CCC and magazines. Its thickness was 89mm abreast magazines and 83mm abreast machinery. Belt was closed by 51-38mm bulkheads. Armoured deck was 51mm thick (32mm with 38mm slopes over steering gear). Transom stern was 38mm thick.

Modernizations: 8/1945, Ontario: - 4 x 1 - 40/39; + 4 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors

8/1945, Swiftsure: - 8 x 2 - 20/70, 6 x 1 - 20/70; + 13 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors

Naval service: Minotaur was transferred to Canada at period of construction and renamed.

Swiftsure 1946

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SWIFTSURE light cruisers

Displacement standard, t	8800
Displacement full, t	11130 (Swiftsure later 11240, Ontario 11480)
Length, m	164.0 pp 169.3 oa
Breadth, m	19.2
Draught, m	6.30 deep load (later 6.35 - 6.45)
No of shafts	4
Machinery	Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	72500
Max speed, kn	31.5
Fuel, t	oil 1850
Armour, mm	belt: 89 - 83, bulkheads: 51 - 38, turrets: 51 - 25, barbettes: up to 25, deck: 51 - 32
Armament	Ontario: 3 x 3 - 152/50 BL Mk XXIII, 5 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI HA, 4 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 8 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 8 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 3 - 533 TT Swiftsure: 3 x 3 - 152/50 BL Mk XXIII, 5 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI HA, 4 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 8 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 3 - 533 TT
Sensors	Swiftsure: type 277, 281B, 282, 283, 284, 285, 293 radars Ontario: type 275, 277, 281B, 282, 283, 284, 285, 293 radars
Complement	855, 960 war