HMS Swiftsure was one of three Minotaur-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was laid down by Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle upon Tyne on 22 September 1941, launched on 4 February 1943 by Lady Wake-Walker, and commissioned on 22 June 1944. She was the first of the new Minotaur class, a development of the later Colony-class cruisers, featuring increased beam and an additional fifth twin 4-inch turret.
Swiftsure was the last Royal Navy cruiser to be comp...
HMS Shakespeare was an S-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Vickers-Armstrongs and launched on 8 December 1941.
The S-class submarines were designed to patrol the restricted waters of the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The third batch was slightly enlarged and improved over the preceding second batch of the S-class. The submarines had a length of 217 feet (66.1 m) overall, a beam of 23 ...
HMAS Tobruk is a renewed version of the Battle-class destroyers, and it comes with upgraded armaments. The fire control suite also incorporates gun tracking, just like HMS Diana.
