HMS Swiftsure (08)
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HMS Swiftsure (08)
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HMS Swiftsure was one of three Minotaur-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was laid down by Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle upon Tyne on 22 September 1941, launched on 4 February 1943 by Lady Wake-Walker and commissioned on 22 June 1944. The first of a new Minotaur class, a development of the later Colony class with extra beam and a fifth twin 4 inch turret. Swiftsure was the last Royal Navy cruiser completed during World War II and was the first Britis
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Minotaur-class cruiser
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Swiftsure_(08)
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2023-12-14T19:43:42Z
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