HMS Lion (C34)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | 1942 |
| Laid down: | June 1942 |
| Launched: | September 1944 |
| Commissioned: | July 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | December 1972 |
| Fate: | Used as parts hulk for sister-ships from 1973. Sold for scrap April 1975 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11,700 tons |
| Length: | 555.5 ft (169.3 m) |
| Beam: | 64 ft (19.5 m) |
| Draught: | 23 ft (7 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, 4 shafts, 4 boilers, 80,000 shp |
| Speed: | 31.5 knots |
| Range: | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 16 knots |
| Complement: | 716 |
| Armament: | 4 × 6 in (152 mm) guns |
HMS Lion was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1942 as one of the Minotaur class and laid down that same year as Defence.
Partially complete, Lion was launched in 1944 but work was suspended in 1946. Construction of Defence and two other cruisers was later resumed to a revised Tiger class design. Renamed Lion in 1957, the cruiser was finally commissioned in July 1960.
Just four years into her commission, Lion was placed in reserve. Lion's conversion to a helicopter cruiser was cancelled, after which the cruiser became a parts hulk.
She was placed on the disposal list in 1972 and sold for scrap at Inverkeithing in April 1975.
See HMS Lion for other Navy ships of the name.
| Tiger-class cruiser |
| Blake | Lion | Tiger |
List of cruisers of the Royal Navy |
