Swiftsure 1944
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ontario (ex-Minotaur) (RCN) | 53, 1948- C53, 1951- CCL32 | 1171 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 20.11.1941 | 29.7.1943 | 25.5.1945 | to Canada 11.1944, stricken 10.1958 |
| Swiftsure | 08, 1948- C08 | 43 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | 22.9.1941 | 4.2.1943 | 22.6.1944 | stricken 1960, sold for BU 10.1962 |
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Displacement standard, t |
8800 |
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Displacement full, t |
11130 (Swiftsure later 11240, Ontario 11480) |
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Length, m |
164.0 pp 169.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
19.2 |
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Draught, m |
6.30 deep load (later 6.35 - 6.45) |
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No of shafts |
4 |
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Machinery |
4 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
72500 |
|
Max speed, kn |
31.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 1850 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armour, mm |
belt: 89 - 83, bulkheads: 51 - 38, turrets: 51 - 25, barbettes: up to 25, deck: 51 - 32 |
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Armament |
Ontario: 3 x 3 - 152/50 BL Mk XXIII, 5 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 4 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 8 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 8 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 3 - 533 TT Swiftsure: 3 x 3 - 152/50 BL Mk XXIII, 5 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 4 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 8 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 3 - 533 TT |
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Sensors |
Swiftsure: type 277, type 281B, type 282, type 283, type 284, type 285, type 293 radars Ontario: type 275, type 277, type 281B, type 282, type 283, type 284, type 285, type 293 radars |
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Complement |
855, 960 war |
Project history: Last British cruisers completed 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 Mk III
8/1945, Swiftsure: - 8 x 2 - 20/70, 6 x 1 - 20/70; + 13 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III
1/1946, Swiftsure: 3 x 3 - 152/50 Mk XXII, 5 x 2 - 102/45 Mk XIX, 13 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 4 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, type 277, type 281B, type 282, type 283, type 284, type 285, type 293 radars
Naval service: Minotaur was transferred to Canada at period of building and renamed.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
Swiftsure 1946
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