| Name: | SWIFTSURE |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 22/09/1941 |
| Launched: | 04/02/1943 |
| Completed: | 22/06/1944 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 43 |
| Dimensions: | 8800disp - 11240disp, 538.0 x 63.0 x 17.25(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, SR geared, 72500shp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 32.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 3 x 6.0ins, 5 x 2 x 4.0ins AA, 4 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 6 x 1 x 40mm AA guns; |
| History: | 2 x 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| 22/06/1944 | British Royal Navy |
| 17/10/1962 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the MINOTAUR Class of Light Cruisers |
| Allocated pennant number C08 | |
| 1953: Collision with destroyer DIAMOND lead to fire in paint locker | |
| Damage not repaired and did not return to service | |
| 1957: Commenced major refit | |
| 06/1959: Refit cancelled due to cost and unsurveyed damage | |
| 17/10/1962: Arrived at Inverkeithing for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd |
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