Superb 1945

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

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Name:	SUPERB
Type:	Cruiser
Keel:	23/06/1942
Launched:	31/08/1943
Completed:	16/11/1945
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:	Wallsend
Yard Number:	1683
Dimensions:	8885disp - 11560disp, 538.0 x 63.5 x 17.25(draft)ft
Engines:	4 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 72500shp
Engines by:	Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
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, 2 x 1 x 2pdr guns;
	2 x 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes; 1 x depth charge rail
History:
16/11/1945	British Royal Navy
08/08/1960	Broken up

Comments:	A member of the MINOTAUR Class of Light Cruisers
	Allocated pennant number C25
	1957: Laid up in the Gareloch
	08/08/1960: Arrived at Dalmuir for stripping by WH Arnott, Young & Co
	16/05/1961: Arrived at Troon for breaking up
	08/01/1962: Breaking up commenced by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co