HMS Swiftsure
From Graces Guide
HMS Swiftsure was the lead ship of the Swiftsure class of British predreadnought battleships.
HMS Swiftsure was ordered by Chile as Constitución and laid down by Armstrong Whitworth at Elswick on 26 February 1902 and launched on 12 January 1903. Chile put her up for sale in early 1903; to prevent a possible purchase by Russia, the United Kingdom purchased her on 3 December 1903 and renamed her HMS Swiftsure on 7 December 1903. She was completed in June 1904.
- See also HMS Swiftsure (1870).
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