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British C-class destroyer HMS Crescent (D16) at sea in 1945.
The C-class was a class of 53 destroyers of the Royal Navy, Royal Indian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy that were launched from 1943 to 1945. The class was built in four flotillas of 9 vessels, the "Ca", "Ch", "Co" and "Cr" groups or sub-classes, ordered as the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Emergency Flotillas respectively. The sub-class names are derived from the initial 2 letters of the member ships' names, although the "Ca" class were originally ordered with a heterogeneous mix of traditional destroyer names. After the war, several ships of the C-class were sold to Greece, Spain, and Turkey.
Specifications[]
- Type: Destroyer
- Service Period: 1943-1972
- Characteristics:
- Length: 363 feet (110.64 meters)
- Beam: 36 feet (10.97 meters)
- Draught: 11 feet (3.35 meters)
- Displacement: 2,005 tons (Standard); 2,676 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 186 (222 as flotilla leader)
- Propulsion: 4 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 x Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 x shafts, 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
- Range: 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 kilometers) at 20 knots (37.04 km/h)
- Speed: 36 knots (66.67 km/h)
- Armament:
- 4 x QF 4.5"/45-caliber Mk.IV dual purpose naval guns (4x1)
- 12 x Bofors 40mm/60-caliber anti-aircraft guns (6x2)
- 8 x 21" torpedo tubes (2x4)
- 80 x depth charges
Unit Run[]
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"Ca" Flotilla[]
- HMS Caprice (D01)
- HMS Caesar (D07)
- HMS Cassandra (D10)
- HMS Cavendish (D15)
- HMS Carysfort (D25)
- HMS Carron (D30)
- HMS Cavalier (D73)
- HMS Cambrian (D85)
"Ch" Flotilla[]
- HMS Chivalrous (D21) - sold to Turkey, renamed TCG İskenderun (D 343)
- HMS Charity (D29) - transferred to Spain, renamed ESPS Almirante Valdés (D23)
- HMS Chieftan (D36) - sold to Greece in 1958, renamed VP Nearchos
- HMS Chevron (D51)
- HMS Chaplet (D52) - sold to Greece in 1959, renamed VP Kimon
- HMS Chequers (D61) - transferred to Spain, renamed ESPS Lepanto (D21)
- HMS Cheviot (D90)
- HMS Childers (D91) - sold to Greece in 1961, renamed VP Thyella
"Co" Flotilla[]
- HMS Contest (D12) - sold to Greece in 1961, renamed VP Navarinon
- HMS Comet (D26) - sold to Turkey, renamed TCG İstanbul (D 340)
- HMS Cockade (D34) - sold to Turkey, renamed TCG İçel (D 344)
- HMS Comus (D43) - sold to Greece in 1958, renamed VP Sfendoni
- HMS Cossack (D57) - sold to Greece in 1959, renamed VP Lonchi
- HMS Concord (D63) - sold to Turkey, renamed TCG İzmir (D 341)
- HMS Constance (D71) - sold to Greece in 1958, renamed VP Aspis
- HMS Corso (D75) - sold to Turkey, renamed TCG İzmit (D 342)
- HMS Consort (D76) - sold to Greece in 1958, renamed VP Vellos
"Cr" Flotilla[]
- HMS Crescent (D16)
- HMS Crusader (D20)
- HMS Croziers (D27)
- HMS Cretan (D33)
- HMS Cromwell (D35)
- HMS Crystal (D38)
- HMS Crown (D46)
- HMS Craccher (D67) - transferred to Spain, renamed ESPS Almirante Ferrandíz (D22)
- HMS Crispin (D68) - transferred to Spain, renamed ESPS Jorge Juan (D25)
- HMS Creole (D82) - transferred to Spain, renamed ESPS Alcalá Galiano (D25)
"Ce" Flotilla[]
- HMS Centaur (D83)
- HMS Celt (D84)
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- HMIS Taimur
- HMIS Shah Jahan
- HMIS Jahangir
- HMIS Alamgir
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- HMCS Buxton (D236)
- HMCS Annapolis (D237)
- HMCS Hamilton (D238)
- HMCS Columbia (D239)
- HMCS Niagara (D240)
- HMCS St. Clair (D241)
- HMCS St. Croix (D242)
- HMCS St. Francis (D243)
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- KNM Trondheim
- KNM Stavanger
- KNM Bergen
- KNM Oslo