HMS Superb (25)

History
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
Fate	Scrapped at Dalmuir by Arnott Young, arriving on 8 August 1960
General characteristics
Displacement	8,885 tons standard 11,560 tons full
Length	555.5 ft
Beam	64 ft
Draught	17.25 ft
Propulsion	Four Admiralty-type three drum boilers Four shaft Parsons steam turbines 72,500 shp
Speed	31.5 knots
Range	2,000 nautical miles at 30 knots () 8,000 nautical miles at 16 knots; 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 Six single 40 mm AA Two triple 21-inch Torpedo Tubes.
Armour	3.25 to 3.5 inch belt 2 inch deck 1 to 2 inch turrets 1.5 to 2 inch bulkheads

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Superb.

HMS Superb (pennant number 25) was a Minotaur class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear on 23 June 1942, launched on 31 August 1943 and commissioned on 16 November 1945.

Superb was the last of the Minotaurs to be built, and was completed to a slightly different design to that of the previous members of the class. Construction on her unfinished sisters was halted after the end of the war and they were later scrapped, or converted into the new Tiger class missile cruisers. Superb had an unremarkable career, and was decommissioned in 1957. She was sold three years later and arrived at the Dalmuir yards of Arnott Young on 8 August 1960 to be broken up.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• WWII cruisers
• HMS Superb at Uboat.net