To finance the immensely expensive completion of the two incomplete Tigers and nip in the bud the intense opposition to 'obsolete cruisers' and new gunnery perceived as faulty, work on Swiftsures refit stopped. Her sister ship Superb, had been paid off into reserve in late 1957 after 12 years service, her similar modernisation plans abandoned April 1957 and was sold for scrap in early 1960, one of the first Fiji or Improved Minotaurs to be scrapped.
To fund the expensive completion of two unfinished Tigers and suppress the strong opposition to 'outdated cruisers' and new gunnery systems seen as flawed, work on Swiftsures refit was discontinued. Her sister ship Superb, which had been retired into reserve in late 1957 after twelve years of service, saw her similar modernisation plans abandoned in April 1957 and sold for scrap early in 1960, becoming one of the first Fijis or Improved Minotaurs to be scrapped.