HMS Swiftsure, Minotaur-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Tiger-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of Tiger-class preceed by Minotaur-class. Ordered under the 1942 Additional Naval Programme. Laid down by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland on 17 August 1942, launched on 20 December 1945, accepted by the navy in March 1961, commissioned on 18 March 1961, decommissioned in in December 1979 and sold to be broken up in August 1982 arriving at the scrapyard at Cairnryan, Scotland on 7 November 1982. Pennant C99.
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