HMS Superb (25)

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History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Superb
Builder	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear
Laid down	23 June 1942
Launched	31 August 1943
Commissioned	16 November 1945
Decommissioned	1957
Identification	Pennant number: 25
Fate	Scrapped at Dalmuir by Arnott Young, arriving on 8 August 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Minotaur-class light cruiser
Displacement	8,885 tons standard 11,560 tons full
Length	555.5 ft (169.3 m)
Beam	64 ft (20 m)
Draught	17.25 ft (5.26 m)
Propulsion	Four Admiralty-type three drum boilers Four shaft Parsons steam turbines 72,500 shp (54,100 kW)
Speed	31.5 knots (58.3 km/h)
Range	2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) at 30 knots (60 km/h) 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h); 1,850 tons fuel oil
Complement	867
Armament	Three triple 6-inch / 50 Mk 23 guns Five dual 4-inch / 45 QF Mk 16 HA Four quad 2 pdr (40 mm) Six single 40 mm AA Two triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes.
Armour	Belt: 3.25 to 3.5 in (83 to 89 mm) Deck: 2 in (51 mm) Turrets: 1 to 2 in (25 to 51 mm) Bulkheads: 1.5 to 2 in (38 to 51 mm)

HMS Superb was a Minotaur-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. The ship entered service in 1945 and had a brief, quiet career before being decommissioned in 1957 after her modernisation was cancelled. She was broken up in 1960.