Type............................. Light Cruiser
Class............................ Minotaur
Penant.......................... 08
Built By....................... Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.)
Laid down.................... 22nd September 1941
Launched..................... 4th February 1943
Commissioned............ 22nd June 1944
Complement................ 730 men
Length.......................... 560 Feet (approx)
Engines........................ 2-Shaft Geared turbines
Power........................... 72500 HP
Displacement............... 8800 BRT (approx)
Armament.................... 9 6" guns (3x3)
..................................... 10 4" AA guns (5x2)
..................................... 16 2dpr AA (4x4)
..................................... 6 21" torpedo tubes (2x3)
..................................... Numerous 20mm & 40mm Anti Aircraft armament
End of Service............. Unknown, Scrapped at Inverkeithing on the 17th October 1962.
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Produced by R W Mullaney