Another two "Tiger"-class cruisers were cancelled. HMS "Hawke" was laid down in July 1943, and HMS "Bellerophon" possibly had a keel laid down. Work on all the cruisers other than "Superb" effectively stopped after mid-1944. It appears that the 1942 programme "Hawke" and "Bellerophon" were destroyed in 1944 and reordered as improved "Belfast"- and "Neptune"- class cruisers in February 1944 and February 1945. "Janes Fighting Ships 1944–45", states that "Hawke" was laid down in August 1944 as a "Tiger". The naval authorities of the time and through the Cold War hold that the Neptune class were very much under construction, the main and secondary twin 4.5-inch turrets, boilers and machinery for the first three ships ordered and being built in advance of the hull construction, as it was planned to get the first two Lion-class battleships underway. At the end of the war it was thought "Bellphoron"s hull was already under construction at Newcastle, but HMS "Hawke" (2) an Improved "Belfast" with 76m beam or the first "Neptune" was almost ready to launch in Portsmouth dockyard