HMS Swiftsure was one of three Minotaur-class light cruisers . She was built by Vickers Armstrong. 

HMS Swiftsure joined the Home Fleet upon commissioning and, in 1944, was assigned to the Eastern Fleet. In November 1944, she became a unit of the newly formed British Pacific Fleet. While operating in the Pacific, she participated in the Okinawa campaign from March to May 1945, and in June took part in a the carrier raid on Truk. During this operation, the British Pacific Fleet was operating as part of Task Group 111.2, with the cruisers conducting shore bombardments.