HMS Superb
A third batch of almost identical cruisers, the Superb, Swiftsure and Minotaur, followed the Colony Class. The Minotaur was transferred 'New' to Canada as the Ontario, and the Swiftsure was involvd in a dramatic collision with the destroyer Diamond in 1953. The paint-store in the Diamond's bows caused a fierce fire which raged under the cruisers bridge, which dropped 2 feet. Much time and money was spent on refitting her in Chathams dockyard, but this was not completed and she never served again. The Superb, although the latest of the Southampton and Colony types, was one of the first to be broken up. Prewar ships lasted longer - the difference between wartime and peacetime building.
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