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HMS Swiftsure (08)

Light cruiser of the Minotaur class


HMS Swiftsure as completed.

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassMinotaur 
Pennant08 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Sep, 1941 
Launched4 Feb, 1943 
Commissioned22 Jun, 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History1946 Flagship of 4th Cruiser Squadron
1951 Flagship of 2th Cruiser Squadron
Arrived at Inverkeithing to be scrapped on 17 October 1962.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Robert Don Oliver, CBE, DSC, RN
2 June 1944 – ???

Capt. Patrick Vivian McLaughlin, RN
??? – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Swiftsure include:

30 Aug, 1945
HMS Swiftsure (Capt. P.V. McLaughlin, RN) enters Victoria Harbour to oversee the surrender of Japanese forces in Hong Kong.


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