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Superb 1947

Ships

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

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	31.5	31.5
Data variant	as designed, Superb as completed	Blake, Lion, Tiger as completed
Displacement standard, t	8885	9550
Displacement full, t	11560	11700
Length, m	164.0 pp 169.3 oa	163.8 pp 169.3 oa
Breadth, m	19.5	19.5
Draught, m	6.43 deep load	7.00
No of shafts	4	4
Machinery	4 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers	4 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	72500	80000
Fuel, t	oil 1900	oil 1900
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	belt: 89 - 83, bulkheads: 51 - 38, turrets: 51 - 25, barbettes: up to 25, deck: 51 - 32	belt: 89 - 76, bulkheads: 51 - 25, turrets: 51 - 25, deck over machinery and magazines: 51
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	2 x 2 - 152/50 Mk 26, 3 x 2 - 76/70 Mk 6
Electronic equipment	Superb: type 277, type 281B, 2x type 282, type 283, type 284, type 285, type 293 radars	type 277Q, 5x type 903, type 960, type 992Q radars
Complement	867	880

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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