Name: | BELLEROPHON |
Type: | Cruiser |
Keel: | 08/1944 |
Launched: | n/a |
Completed: | n/a |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 52 |
Dimensions: | 8885disp - 11130disp, 538.0 x 64.0 x 17.25(draft)ft |
Engines: | 4 x Geared steam turbines, Parsons type, 72500shp |
Engines by: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 31.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 3 x 3 x 6.0ins, 5 x 2 x 4.0ins QF, 4 x 4 x 2pdr guns, 2 x 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
History: | |
British Royal Navy | |
Broken up | |
Comments: | A member of the MINOTAUR Class of Light Cruisers |
03/1942: Ordered as TIGER | |
17/08/1942: Renamed as BELLEROPHON | |
12/1944: Renamed as BLAKE | |
02/1945: Renamed as BELLEROPHON | |
03/1946: Cancelled by the Admiralty | |
Subsequently broken up on the berth |