nearly sister-ship Swiftsure 1944 (similar as Superb)
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Bellerophon (ex-Blake, ex-Tiger) | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | --- | --- | --- | cancelled 3/1946 | |
| Blake (ex-Tiger, ex-Blake) | C99 | Fairfield, Govan | 17/8/1942 | 20/12/1945 | 8/3/1961 | sold for BU 10/1982 |
| Lion (ex-Defence) | C34 | Scotts, Greenock/Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 24/6/1942 | 2/9/1944 | 20/7/1960 | stricken 1972 |
| Hawke | Portsmouth DYd | 9/1943 | --- | --- | cancelled 1/1946 | |
| Superb | 25 - C25 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 23/6/1942 | 31/8/1943 | 16/11/1945 | stricken 1957 |
| Tiger (ex-Bellerophon) | C20 | John Brown, Clydebank | 1/10/1941 | 25/10/1945 | 18/3/1959 | sold for BU 9/1986 |
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Displacement standard, t |
8885 |
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Displacement full, t |
11560 |
|
Length, m |
164.0 pp 169.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
19.5 |
|
Draught, m |
6.43 deep load |
|
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 1900 |
| Armour, mm |
belt: 89 - 83, bulkheads: 51 - 38, turrets: 51 - 25, barbettes: up to 25, deck: 51 - 32 |
|
Armament |
Superb: 3 x 3 - 152/50 BL Mk XXIII, 5 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI HA, 4 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 8 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 3 - 533 TT |
|
Sensors |
Superb: type 277, 281B, 282, 283, 284, 285, 293 radars |
|
Complement |
867 |
Ship project history: Little modified project of Swiftsure with larger hull beam and increased number of AA guns.
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. Downtakes had additional 76mm protection.
Modernizations: Superb was never modernized. Blake, Lion and Tiger were completed by new design.
Naval service: No significant events.
TIGER CLASS
Blake 1969
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Blake (ex-Tiger, ex-Blake) | C99 | Fairfield, Govan | 17/8/1942 | 20/12/1945 | 8/3/1961 | sold for BU 10/1982 |
| Lion (ex-Defence) | C34 | Scotts, Greenock/Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 24/6/1942 | 2/9/1944 | 20/7/1960 | stricken 1972, sold for BU 4/1975 |
| Tiger (ex-Bellerophon) | C20 | John Brown, Clydebank | 1/10/1941 | 25/10/1945 | 18/3/1959 | sold for BU 9/1986 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
9550 |
|
Displacement full, t |
11700 |
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Length, m |
163.8 pp 169.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
19.5 |
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Draught, m |
7.00 |
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No of shafts |
4 |
|
Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
80000 |
|
Max speed, kn |
31.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 1900 |
| Armour, mm |
belt: 89 - 76, bulkheads: 51 - 25, turrets: 51 - 25, deck over machinery and magazines: 51 |
|
Armament |
2 x 2 - 152/50 Mk 26, 3 x 2 - 76/70 Mk 6 |
|
Sensors |
type 277Q, 5x 903, 960, 992Q radars |
|
Complement |
880 |
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: (1965 - 1969, Portsmouth DYd), Blake; (1968 - 1972, Devonport DYd), Tiger: - 1 x 2 - 152/50, 2 x 2 - 76/70, type 277Q, 960 radars; + 2 x 4 Seacat GWS22 SAM launchers, 4 Wessex (later Sea King) helicopters, type 278, 965 radars.
Naval service: Tiger was paid off in 1979 and Blake in 1980.
Superb 1947
Lion 1960
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