Royal Canadian Navy / Marine Royale Canadienne

 

 

Crescent class Destroyer Escort - DD / DDE

(ex UK C-class DD’s)

 

crescent crusader uk c-class destroyer royal canadian navy

 

 

Ships:

unit

builder

commissioned

status

R 16 / DDE 226 HMCS Crescent (ex HMS Crescent)

John Brown & Co., Clydebank, UK

1945

scrapped in 1971

R 20 / DDE 228 HMCS Crusader (ex HMS Crusader)

John Brown & Co., Clydebank, UK

1945

scrapped in 1964

 

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Specifications:

 

Displacement:

2575 tons (full load)

 

Length:

110,6 meters

 

Beam:

10,9 meters

 

Draft:

3,2 meters

 

Speed:

36 knots, max. (67 km/h)

 

Range:

4675 NM (8660 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)

 

Crew:

approx. 220 (later 185)

 

Aviation:

none

 

Propulsion:

2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers / 2 shafts, 2 propellers / 40000 shp

 

Armament:

as built:

4 x  4.5” (114,3mm) single guns (2 forward, 2 aft)

4 x  40mm/L60 AA guns (2x2)

4 x  20mm AA

2 x 4  21” (533mm) Torpedo Tubes

 

after modification:

    

HMCS Crescent (DD/DDE 226):

1 x 4” twin mounts, forward

1 x 3” twin mount, aft

2 x Bofors 40mm single guns

1 x Mk.10 NC Limbo ASW mortar

Mk.43 ASW homing Torpedoes

    

HMCS Crusader (DD/DDE 228):

3 x 4.5” twin mounts (2 forward, 1 aft)

4 x 40mm single guns

1 x 40mm dual gun

4 x 21” Torpedo Tubes

 

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