nearly sister-ship Swiftsure 1944 (similar as Superb)
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Bellerophon (ex-Blake, ex-Tiger) | 52 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | --- | --- | --- | cancelled 3.1946 | |
| Blake (ex-Tiger, ex-Blake) | C99 | 778 | Fairfield, Govan | 17.8.1942 | 20.12.1945 | 8.3.1961 | sold for BU 10.1982 |
| Lion (ex-Defence) | C34 | 611 | 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, 1948- C25 | 1683 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 23.6.1942 | 31.8.1943 | 16.11.1945 | stricken 1957 |
| Tiger (ex-Bellerophon) | C20 | 593 | John Brown, Clydebank | 1.10.1941 | 25.10.1945 | 18.3.1959 | sold for BU 9.1986 |
| Data variant | as designed, Superb as completed |
|
Displacement standard, t |
8885 |
|
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 |
4 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
72500 |
|
Max speed, kn |
31.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 1900 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| 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, 4 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 8 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 3 - 533 TT |
|
Sensors |
Superb: type 277, type 281B, 2x type 282, type 283, type 284, type 285, type 293 radars |
|
Complement |
867 |
Project history: Little modified design 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.
1/1946, Superb: 3 x 3 - 152/50 Mk XXII, 5 x 2 - 102/45 Mk XIX, 8 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 4 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 2 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 3 - 533 TT
Naval service: No significant events.
TIGER CLASS
Tiger 1959
Tiger 1963
Lion 1968
Blake 1969
Tiger 1979
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Blake (ex-Tiger, ex-Blake) | C99 | 778 | Fairfield, Govan | 17.8.1942 | 20.12.1945 | 8.3.1961 | sold for BU 10.1982 |
| Lion (ex-Defence) | C34 | 611 | 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 | 593 | John Brown, Clydebank | 1.10.1941 | 25.10.1945 | 18.3.1959 | sold for BU 9.1986 |
| Data variant | Blake, Lion, Tiger as completed |
|
Displacement standard, t |
9550 |
|
Displacement full, t |
11700 |
|
Length, m |
163.8 pp 169.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
19.5 |
|
Draught, m |
7.00 |
|
No of shafts |
4 |
|
Machinery |
4 sets 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 type 903, type 960, type 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, 1x type 903, type 960 radars; + 2 x 4 Sea Cat GWS21 SAM (16 Sea Cat), 4 Wessex (later Sea King) helicopters, type 278, type 965 (AKE-1) radars.
Naval service: Tiger was paid off in 1979 and Blake in 1980.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
Superb 1947
Lion 1960
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