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International Navies – Canada
Royal Canadian Navy / Marine Canadienne - Ships
Destroyer / Escort Destroyer
Crescent / ex UK C-Class – DD / DDE
HMCS Crescent as DDE 226
Ships
Pennant	Name		Commissioning Date
DD/DDE 226	HMCS Crescent (ex R 16)		September 10, 1945
DD/DDE 228	HMCS Crusader (ex R 20)		November 15, 1945
General Information: (for specific information & history click on the ship’s name, above)
Technical characteristics (as built):
Length: 110,64 meters Beam: 10,94 meters Draft: 3,66 meters Displacement: 1730 tons (full load) Propulsion: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers; 2 Parsons geared steam turbines; 2 shafts; 2 propellers; 40000 shp; Speed: 36 knots, max. Crew: approx. 240 Aviation/Hangar: none
Armament:
as built:
4 4.5” single guns (2 forward, 2 aft); 4 40mm AA; 4 20mm AA; 2 x 4 21” Torpedo Tubes;
after modification:
HMCS Crescent: 1 4” twin mounts, forward; 1 3” twin mount, aft; 2 Bofors 40mm single guns; 1 Mk.10 NC Limbo ASW mortar; Mk.43 ASW homing Torpedoes;				HMCS Crusader: 3 4.5” twin mounts (2 forward, 1 aft); 4 40mm single guns; 1 40mm dual gun; 4 21” Torpedo Tubes;
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