ðə ɹˈiːfɪt ʌv swˈɪftʒɚ wʌz ɛkspˈɛnsɪvli slˈoʊd, wˌɛn ðə hˈʌl wʌz dɪskˈʌvɚd ɪn ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ˈeɪt tə hæv kəmpɹˈɛst mˈoːɹ ðɐn ˌʌndɚ ðə wˈeɪt əvə nˈuː bɹˈɪdʒ, ðɛɹwˌɜː mˈɛni stˈænʃənz fˈɪɾᵻd ɪntˈɜːnəli bᵻlˌoʊ ðə nˈuː bɹˈɪdʒ tə pɹɪvˈɛnt fˈɜːðɚ kəlˈæps ʌvðə stɹˈʌktʃɚ, wˌɪtʃ wʌz sˈɪmɪlɚ tə ðæt fˈɪɾᵻd tə bˈɛlfæst, ænd ɪntˈɛndᵻd ɪn bˈoʊθ kɹˈuːzɚz tʊ ɐlˈaʊ ðə fˈɪɾɪŋ ʌv dˈeɪɾə lˈɪŋks tə ðə kˈæɹɪɹz ænd ɐn ˌɑːpɚɹˈeɪʃənz ɹˈuːm wˌɪtʃ wʊdhɐv ɪŋklˈuːdᵻd skɹˈiːnz fɚðə nˈuː tˈaɪp nˈaɪnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv ɹˈeɪdɑːɹ ænd tˈaɪp wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈoːɹ sˈoʊnɑːɹ ɹᵻkwˈɛstᵻd baɪ ðɪ ˌɑːɹɹˈɛn stˈæf ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɛvən fɔːɹ swˈɪftʒɚ ænd suːpˈɜːb.
The refit of Swiftsure was expensively slowed, when the hull was discovered in early 1958 to have compressed more than  under the weight of a new bridge, there were many stanchions fitted internally below the new bridge to prevent further collapse of the structure, which was similar to that fitted to Belfast, and intended in both cruisers to allow the fitting of data links to the carriers and an operations room which would have included screens for the new Type 965 radar and Type 184 sonar requested by the RN staff in 1957 for Swiftsure and Superb.