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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