| Name: | SWIFTSURE |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Keel: | 22/03/1902 |
| Launched: | 13/01/1903 |
| Completed: | 15/06/1904 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 733 |
| Dimensions: | 11853 - 13840disp, 436.0 x 71.1 x 24.6(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT4cyl (29, 47 & 54, 54ins), 12500ihp |
| Engines by: | Humphrys, Tennant & Co, Deptford |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 2 x 10.0ins, 14 x 1 x 7.5ins, 14 x 1 x 14pdr QF, 4 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; |
| 2 x 18.0ins torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 15/06/1904 | British Royal Navy |
| 18/06/1920 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1902 : Ordered for the Govenment of Chile |
| 13/01/1903: Launched as CONSTITUCION for Chile | |
| 1903: Sought by both Russian and Japanese Governments | |
| 27/11/1903: Purchased by the British Government | |
| 18/06/1920: Sold for breaking up by Stanlee Shipbeaking Co at Dover |
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Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 14/01/1903