Allied Warships

HMS Superb (25)

Light cruiser of the Minotaur class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassMinotaur 
Pennant25 
Built bySwan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered18 Dec 1941 
Laid down23 Jun 1942 
Launched31 Aug 1943 
Commissioned16 Nov 1945 
End service 1957 
History

Decommissioned in 1957.
Scrapped at Dalmuir by Arnott Young, arriving on 8 August 1960. 

Commands listed for HMS Superb (25)

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1Capt. William Geoffrey Arthur Robson, DSO, DSC, RNJun 1945Apr 1947

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