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margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Norway%2C_state.svg/23px-Flag_of_Norway%2C_state.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Norway%2C_state.svg/35px-Flag_of_Norway%2C_state.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Norway%2C_state.svg/46px-Flag_of_Norway%2C_state.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1026" data-file-height="608" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy" title="Royal Norwegian Navy">Royal Norwegian Navy</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Royal Canadian Navy">Royal Canadian Navy</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preceded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/W_and_Z-class_destroyer" title="W and Z-class destroyer">W and Z class</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Succeeded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Weapon-class_destroyer" title="Weapon-class destroyer">Weapon class</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Subclasses</td><td>Ca-, Ch-, Co-, Cr-</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In commission</td><td>1944 - 1972</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Planned</td><td>34</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>32</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Cancelled</td><td>2</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Retired</td><td>31</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preserved</td><td>1</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics Ca class<sup id="cite_ref-Lentonv2_p39_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentonv2_p39-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,710 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (1,740 t) <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)#Standard_displacement" title="Displacement (ship)">standard</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2,530 long tons (2,570 t) <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)#Full_or_deep_load_or_loaded_displacement" title="Displacement (ship)">full load</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">o/a</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">339 ft 6 in (103.48 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_between_perpendiculars" title="Length between perpendiculars">pp</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>35 ft 9 in (10.90 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>10 ft (3.05 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Parsons single-reduction geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a>,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">40,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (30 MW), 2 shafts</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) (full load)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>186 (222 as <a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">leader</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/QF_4.5_inch_Mk_I_-_V_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 4.5 inch Mk I - V naval gun">QF 4.5-inch (113 mm) L/45 Mk IV guns</a> on mounts CP Mk.V</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns</a> on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV;</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × Single <a href="/wiki/QF_2_pounder_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 2 pounder naval gun">QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk.XVI guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 (2 × 4) tubes for <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">80 <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">Depth charges</a><sup id="cite_ref-Conways22_p43_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways22_p43-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics (Ch-, Co- & Cr- class)<sup id="cite_ref-Lentonv2_p45_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentonv2_p45-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,900 long tons (1,930 t) standard</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2,535 long tons (2,576 t) full load</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × QF 4.5-inch (113-mm) L/45 Mk IV guns on mounts CP Mk.V</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns</a> on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV;</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × single 2-pounder</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannon<sup id="cite_ref-Conways22_p43-4_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways22_p43-4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td>Other characteristics as per Ca- class</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b>C class</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Ship_class" title="Ship class">class</a> of 32 <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> that were launched from 1943 to 1945. The class was built in four flotillas of 8 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. A fifth flotilla, the "Ce" or 15th Emergency Flotilla, was planned but were cancelled in favour of the <a href="/wiki/Weapon-class_destroyer" title="Weapon-class destroyer">Weapon-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a> after only the first two ships had been ordered. The pennant numbers were all altered from "R" superior to "D" superior at the close of World War II; this involved some renumbering to avoid duplications. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>They were built as part of the <a href="/wiki/War_Emergency_Programme_destroyers" title="War Emergency Programme destroyers">War Emergency Programme</a>, based on the hull and machinery of the pre-war <a href="/wiki/J,_K_and_N-class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="J, K and N-class destroyer">J class</a>, incorporating whatever advances in armament and naval radar were available at the time. Some of the class were completed in time for <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">wartime</a> service. All ships used the <a href="/wiki/Fuze_Keeping_Clock" title="Fuze Keeping Clock">Fuze Keeping Clock</a> High Angle Fire Control Computer.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "Ca" flotilla were generally repeats of the preceding <a href="/wiki/W_and_Z-class_destroyer" title="W and Z-class destroyer">Z class</a>, and as such had a main gun armament of four <a href="/wiki/QF_4.5-inch_Mk_I_%E2%80%93_V_naval_gun" title="QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun">QF 4.5-inch (113-mm) Mk IV</a> guns on Mk V mounts, which could elevate to 55 degrees to give an anti-aircraft capability. Close-in anti-aircraft armament generally consisted of two <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">40mm Bofors</a> guns in a twin stabilized Hazemayer mount, supplemented by four single <a href="/wiki/QF_2-pounder_naval_gun" title="QF 2-pounder naval gun">2-pounder "pom-pom"</a> anti aircraft guns on power operated mounts. <i>Caprice</i> differed in having a quadruple 2-pounder "pom-pom" instead of the Hazemayer Bofors mount, while <i>Cassandra</i> had eight <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">Oerlikon 20 mm cannon</a> instead of the single pom-poms. Torpedo armament consisted of eight <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21 in (533 mm) torpedoes</a> in two quadruple mounts, while 70 depth charges could be carried.<sup id="cite_ref-Conways22_p43_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways22_p43-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The succeeding "Ch", "Co" and "Cr" flotillas were fitted with the new Mk VI HA/LA Director instead of the Mk I Type K director of the Z and Ca classes, while remote power control (RPC) gunlaying equipment was fitted. The additional weight of the new fire control equipment and the powered mountings for the 4.5 inch guns<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> meant that only one quadruple torpedo mount was fitted, and the depth charge armament was reduced to 35 depth charges.<sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136,8_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136,8-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the ships were fitted with a single Hazemayer Bofors mount, although some of the later ships instead had the lighter and simpler Mk V twin Bofors mount. This was normally supplemented by two power operated single pom-pom mounts and two 20 mm Oerlikon cannon.<sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p128_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p128-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Conways22_p44_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways22_p44-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also introduced the <a href="/wiki/Welding" title="Welding">all-welded</a> hull into Royal Navy destroyer construction, beginning in <i>Contest</i>, with the "Cr" flotilla all being of all-welded construction.<sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p128_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p128-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Late delivery of the Mk VI directors delayed completion such that all but one of the "Ch"s, "Co"s or "Cr"s entered service after the end of the Second World War.<sup id="cite_ref-Lentonv2_p43_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentonv2_p43-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only <i>Comet</i> was commissioned before <a href="/wiki/VJ_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="VJ Day">VJ Day</a>, in June 1945, albeit too late to see action. </p><p><i>Caprice</i> was the last destroyer built for the Royal Navy to be fitted with the ubiquitous quadruple <a href="/wiki/QF_2_pounder_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 2 pounder naval gun">QF 2 pounder "pom-pom"</a> mounting Mark VII. </p><p>The "Ca" flotilla were reconstructed in the late 1950s and early 1960s to be modernised for anti-submarine warfare and to serve as fast fleet escorts. One bank of torpedo tubes and one 4.5 in gun was removed, allowing two <a href="/wiki/Squid_(weapon)" title="Squid (weapon)">Squid</a> triple-barreled anti-submarine mortars to be fitted, while the ships' obsolete gun Mk I Type K director was replaced by a modern Mk 6M director as fitted to Royal Navy frigates, and the remaining 4.5 in guns fitted with RPC. Close in anti-aircraft armament was standardised as a single Mk V twin and two single 40 mm Bofors mounts. The ships were also fitted with new <a href="/wiki/Bridge_(nautical)" title="Bridge (nautical)">bridges</a>; the post-refit bridge differed between the first four conversions (<i>Cavendish</i>, <i>Carron</i>, <i>Cavalier</i> and <i>Carysfort</i>), with open bridges and the later four (<i>Caprice</i>, <i>Cassandra</i>, <i>Caesar</i> and <i>Cambrian</i>) which were given frigate-type enclosed bridges.<sup id="cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conway47_p506-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-weapon_p85_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weapon_p85-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The remaining "Ch", "Co" and Cr" ships in the Royal Navy were given a less extensive modernisation, with one 4.5 in gun being replaced by twin Squids, modified fire control and a close in anti aircraft armament of 1 twin and four single Bofors guns. <i>Chieftain</i>, <i>Chaplet</i> and <i>Comet</i> were fitted as minelayers.<sup id="cite_ref-Conways47_p490_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways47_p490-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-weapon_p92_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weapon_p92-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Engineering">Engineering</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Engineering"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The class were all fitted with two Admiralty 3-drum boilers with a pressure of 300 pounds per square inch (2,100 kPa) at 630 °F (332 °C). All had Parsons single-reduction geared turbines, generating 40,000 shaft horsepower (30,000 kW) at 350 RPM, and driving the two shafts to produce a maximum of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) (32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) under full load condition).<sup id="cite_ref-Lentonv2_p39,45,49_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentonv2_p39,45,49-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All were engined by their builders except <i>Cossack</i> and <i>Constance</i>, which were engined by Parsons.<sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their bunkers could hold 615 tons of oil fuel, giving them a radius of 4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) and 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-Lentonv2_p39_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentonv2_p39-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ships">Ships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Ca"_(or_11th_Emergency)_Flotilla"><span id=".22Ca.22_.28or_11th_Emergency.29_Flotilla"></span>"Ca" (or 11th Emergency) Flotilla</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: "Ca" (or 11th Emergency) Flotilla"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This flotilla was authorised under the 1941 Programme. The first pair was ordered from Yarrow on 16 February 1942; the other six were ordered on 24 March, a pair each from John Brown, Scotts and Cammell Laird. However, on 12 August 1942 the contract for the last pair was moved from Cammell Laird to White. Their originally-allocated names were altered to new names beginning with "Ca-" in November 1942. The John Brown pair - <i>Caesar</i> and <i>Cavendish</i> - were fitted as Leaders. </p><p>On completion they formed the 6th Destroyer Flotilla for service in the Home Fleet. At the end of the war in Europe the flotilla was transferred to the East Indies Fleet and the ships arrived on station between August and November 1945, too late to see service against Japan. They remained in the Indian Ocean until May 1946 when they returned home and <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning#Ship_decommissioning" title="Ship commissioning">paid off</a> into operational reserve. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;"> <caption>Ships of the "Ca" (11th Emergency) Flotilla </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Pennant </th> <th scope="col">Builder <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Laid Down <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Launched <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Commissioned <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Fate </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Caprice" title="HMS Caprice"><i>Caprice</i></a> (<span class="nowrap">ex-<i>Swallow</i></span>) </th> <td>R01<br />later D01 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yarrow_%26_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Yarrow & Company">Yarrow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotstoun" title="Scotstoun">Scotstoun</a> </td> <td>28 September 1942 </td> <td>16 September 1943 </td> <td>5 April 1944 </td> <td>Modernised by Yarrow 1959. Paid off March 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p86_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p86-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> Scrapped 1979 at <a href="/wiki/Queenborough" title="Queenborough">Queenborough</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conway47_p506-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p86_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p86-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cassandra_(R62)" title="HMS Cassandra (R62)"><i>Cassandra</i></a> (<span class="nowrap">ex-<i>Tourmaline</i></span>) </th> <td>R62<br />later D10 </td> <td>Yarrow, Scotstoun </td> <td>3 January 1943 </td> <td>29 November 1943 </td> <td>28 July 1944 </td> <td>Modernised by Yarrow 1960. Paid off January 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p87_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p87-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> Scrapped at <a href="/wiki/Inverkeithing" title="Inverkeithing">Inverkeithing</a> in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conway47_p506-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p87_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p87-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Caesar_(R07)" title="HMS Caesar (R07)"><i>Caesar</i></a> <sup id="cite_ref-fldr_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fldr-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<span class="nowrap">ex-<i>Ranger</i></span>) </th> <td>R07<br />later D07 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Brown_%26_Company" title="John Brown & Company">John Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clydebank" title="Clydebank">Clydebank</a> </td> <td>3 April 1943 </td> <td>14 February 1944 </td> <td>5 October 1944 </td> <td>Modernised 1957-60 at Rosyth. Paid off June 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p90_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p90-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> Scrapped 1967 at <a href="/wiki/Blyth,_Northumberland" title="Blyth, Northumberland">Blyth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conway47_p506-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p90_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p90-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cavendish_(R15)" title="HMS Cavendish (R15)"><i>Cavendish</i></a> <sup id="cite_ref-fldr_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fldr-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<span class="nowrap">ex-<i>Sibyl</i></span>) </th> <td>R15<br />later D15 </td> <td>John Brown, Clydebank </td> <td>19 May 1943 </td> <td>12 April 1944 </td> <td>13 December 1944 </td> <td>Modernised 1956. Laid up 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p92_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p92-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> Scrapped 1967 at Blyth.<sup id="cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conway47_p506-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p92_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p92-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cambrian_(R85)" title="HMS Cambrian (R85)"><i>Cambrian</i></a> (<span class="nowrap">ex-<i>Spitfire</i></span>) </th> <td>R85<br />later D85 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotts_Shipbuilding_%26_Engineering_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company">Scotts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenock" title="Greenock">Greenock</a> </td> <td>14 August 1942 </td> <td>10 December 1943 </td> <td>14 July 1944<br />by John Brown <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td> <td>Modernised 1963. Paid off December 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p88_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p88-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> Scrapped 1971 at <a href="/wiki/Briton_Ferry" title="Briton Ferry">Briton Ferry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conway47_p506-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p88_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p88-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Carron_(R30)" title="HMS Carron (R30)"><i>Carron</i></a> (<span class="nowrap">ex-<i>Strenuous</i></span>) </th> <td>R30<br />later D30 </td> <td>Scotts, Greenock </td> <td>26 November 1942 </td> <td>28 March 1944 </td> <td>6 November 1944 </td> <td>Modernised August 1955 as Training Ship. Paid off March 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p90_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p90-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> Scrapped 1967 at Inverkeithing.<sup id="cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conway47_p506-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p90_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p90-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cavalier_(R73)" title="HMS Cavalier (R73)"><i>Cavalier</i></a> (<span class="nowrap">ex-<i>Pellew</i></span>) </th> <td>R73<br />later D73 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._Samuel_White" title="J. Samuel White">White</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cowes" title="Cowes">Cowes</a> </td> <td>28 February 1943 </td> <td>7 April 1944 </td> <td>22 November 1944 </td> <td>Modernised 1957. Paid off July 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p92_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p92-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> Sold October 1977 to be preserved as a museum ship,<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p92_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p92-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />since 1999 preserved at <a href="/wiki/Chatham_Historic_Dockyard" title="Chatham Historic Dockyard">Chatham Historic Dockyard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Carysfort_(R25)" title="HMS Carysfort (R25)"><i>Carysfort</i></a> (<span class="nowrap">ex-<i>Pique</i></span>) </th> <td>R25<br />later D25 </td> <td>White, Cowes </td> <td>12 May 1943 </td> <td>25 July 1944 </td> <td>20 February 1945 </td> <td>Modernised 1956. Paid off February 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p92_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p92-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> Scrapped 1970 at <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p92_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p92-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The new director weighed 10 t compared with 6 t for the Mk I Type K, while adding RPC to the 4.5 in mounts increased weight by 1.7 t per mount.<sup id="cite_ref-weapon_p86,8_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weapon_p86,8-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fldr-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fldr_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fldr_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">flotilla leader</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Ch"_(or_12th_Emergency)_Flotilla"><span id=".22Ch.22_.28or_12th_Emergency.29_Flotilla"></span>"Ch" (or 12th Emergency) Flotilla</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: "Ch" (or 12th Emergency) Flotilla"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Six destroyers, the first of 26 'Intermediate' destroyers to be authorised under the 1942 Programme, were ordered on 24 July 1942, a pair each from Thornycroft, Scotts and Alexander Stephen. The fourth pair was originally intended to be ordered from Vickers Armstrongs, Walker-on-Tyne, but instead were ordered from Denny on 30 July. The <i>Chequers</i> and <i>Childers</i> were fitted as <a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">Leaders</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;"> <caption>Ships of the "Ch" (12th Emergency) Flotilla </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Pennant </th> <th scope="col">Builder <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Laid Down <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Launched <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Commissioned <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Fate </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Chaplet" title="HMS Chaplet"><i>Chaplet</i></a> </th> <td>R52 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_I._Thornycroft_%26_Company" title="John I. Thornycroft & Company">Thornycroft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woolston,_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Woolston, Hampshire">Woolston</a> </td> <td>29 April 1943 </td> <td>18 July 1944 </td> <td>24 August 1945 </td> <td>Laid up 1961. Sold for scrapping 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-Crit3_p94_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crit3_p94-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Charity_(R29)" title="HMS Charity (R29)"><i>Charity</i></a> </th> <td>R29 </td> <td>Thornycroft, Woolston </td> <td>9 July 1943 </td> <td>30 November 1944 </td> <td>19 November 1945 </td> <td>Transferred to <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a> as <i>Shah Jehan</i> 16 December 1958,<sup id="cite_ref-Crit3_p98_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crit3_p98-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> irreparably damaged by <a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Indian Navy</a> warships off <a href="/wiki/Karachi" title="Karachi">Karachi</a> 4 December 1971 and scrapped as a result<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Conways 1947–95 (p. 299) mentions nothing of this damage and has ''Shah Jehan'' scrapped 1982. (January 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Chequers" title="HMS Chequers"><i>Chequers</i></a> <sup id="cite_ref-fldr_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fldr-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>R61 </td> <td>Scotts, Greenock </td> <td>4 May 1943 </td> <td>30 October 1944 </td> <td>28 September 1945 </td> <td>Laid up 1964, scrapped 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-Crit3_p98_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crit3_p98-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Chieftain_(R36)" title="HMS Chieftain (R36)"><i>Chieftain</i></a> </th> <td>R36 </td> <td>Scotts, Greenock </td> <td>27 June 1943 </td> <td>26 February 1945 </td> <td>7 March 1946 </td> <td>Scrapped 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-Crit3_p98_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crit3_p98-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Chevron_(R51)" title="HMS Chevron (R51)"><i>Chevron</i></a> </th> <td>R51 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stephen_%26_Sons" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Stephen & Sons">Alex. Stephen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linthouse" title="Linthouse">Linthouse</a> </td> <td>18 March 1943 </td> <td>23 February 1944 </td> <td>23 August 1945 </td> <td>Accommodation ship at Rosyth, scrapped 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-Crit3_p94_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crit3_p94-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cheviot" title="HMS Cheviot"><i>Cheviot</i></a> </th> <td>R90 </td> <td>Alex. Stephen, Linthouse </td> <td>27 April 1943 </td> <td>2 May 1944 </td> <td>11 December 1945 </td> <td>Harbour training ship at Rosyth 1960. Sold for scrapping 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-Crit3_p94_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crit3_p94-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Childers_(R91)" title="HMS Childers (R91)"><i>Childers</i></a> <sup id="cite_ref-fldr_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fldr-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>R91 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Denny_%26_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="William Denny & Brothers">Denny</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dumbarton" title="Dumbarton">Dumbarton</a> </td> <td>27 November 1943 </td> <td>27 February 1945 </td> <td>19 December 1945 </td> <td>Laid up 1958. Sold for scrapping 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-Crit3_p98_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crit3_p98-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Chivalrous" title="HMS Chivalrous"><i>Chivalrous</i></a> </th> <td>R21 </td> <td>Denny, Dumbarton </td> <td>27 November 1943 </td> <td>22 June 1945 </td> <td>13 May 1946 </td> <td>Transferred to Pakistan Navy on 29 June 1954 as <i>Taimur</i>, scrapped 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-Crit3_p98_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crit3_p98-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-fldr-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fldr_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fldr_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">flotilla leader</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Co"_(or_13th_Emergency)_Flotilla"><span id=".22Co.22_.28or_13th_Emergency.29_Flotilla"></span>"Co" (or 13th Emergency) Flotilla</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: "Co" (or 13th Emergency) Flotilla"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first four of these destroyers were ordered in August 1942 - <i>Comus</i> and <i>Concord</i> on 7th, <i>Contest</i> on 12th and <i>Consort</i> on 14th. The remaining four destroyers were ordered on 12 September; <i>Constance</i> and <i>Cossack</i> were fitted as Leaders. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;"> <caption>Ships of the "Co" (13th Emergency) Flotilla </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Pennant </th> <th scope="col">Builder <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Laid Down <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Launched <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Commissioned <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Fate </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Comus_(R43)" title="HMS Comus (R43)"><i>Comus</i></a> </th> <td>R43 </td> <td>Thornycroft </td> <td>21 August 1943 </td> <td>14 March 1945 </td> <td>8 July 1946 </td> <td>Sold for scrapping 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p102_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p102-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lentonv2_p44_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentonv2_p44-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Concord_(R63)" title="HMS Concord (R63)"><i>Concord</i></a> (<span class="nowrap">ex-<i>Corso</i></span>) </th> <td>R63 </td> <td>Thornycroft </td> <td>18 November 1943 </td> <td>14 May 1945 </td> <td>20 December 1946 </td> <td>Harbour Training Ship Rosyth. Sold for scrapping 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p102_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p102-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lentonv2_p44_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentonv2_p44-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Contest_(R12)" title="HMS Contest (R12)"><i>Contest</i></a> </th> <td>R12 (later D48) </td> <td>White </td> <td>1 November 1943 </td> <td>16 December 1944 </td> <td>9 November 1945 </td> <td>Sold for scrapping 1960<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p102_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p102-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Consort_(R76)" title="HMS Consort (R76)"><i>Consort</i></a> </th> <td>R76 </td> <td>Stephen </td> <td>26 May 1943 </td> <td>19 October 1944 </td> <td>19 March 1946 </td> <td>Sold for scrapping 1961<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p101_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p101-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cockade_(R34)" title="HMS Cockade (R34)"><i>Cockade</i></a> </th> <td>R34 </td> <td>Yarrow </td> <td>11 March 1943 </td> <td>7 March 1944 </td> <td>29 September 1945 </td> <td>Paid off 1958. Sold for scrapping 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p100_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p100-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Comet_(R26)" title="HMS Comet (R26)"><i>Comet</i></a> </th> <td>R26 </td> <td>Yarrow </td> <td>14 June 1943 </td> <td>22 June 1944 </td> <td>6 June 1945 </td> <td>Paid off 1958. Sold for scrapping 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p101_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p101-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Constance_(R71)" title="HMS Constance (R71)"><i>Constance</i></a> <sup id="cite_ref-fldr_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fldr-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>R71 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Armstrongs" class="mw-redirect" title="Vickers Armstrongs">Vickers Armstrongs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walker,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne">Walker</a> </td> <td>18 March 1943 </td> <td>22 August 1944 </td> <td>31 December 1945 </td> <td>Sold for scrapping 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p101_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p101-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cossack_(R57)" title="HMS Cossack (R57)"><i>Cossack</i></a> <sup id="cite_ref-fldr_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fldr-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>R57 </td> <td>Vickers Armstrongs, Walker </td> <td>18 March 1943 </td> <td>10 May 1944 </td> <td>4 September 1945 </td> <td>Sold for scrapping 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p100_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p100-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-fldr-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fldr_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fldr_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">flotilla leader</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Cr"_(or_14th_Emergency)_Flotilla"><span id=".22Cr.22_.28or_14th_Emergency.29_Flotilla"></span>"Cr" (or 14th Emergency) Flotilla</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: "Cr" (or 14th Emergency) Flotilla"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All eight destroyers were ordered on 12 September 1942, two each from John Brown, Yarrow, White and Scotts; the John Brown pair - <i>Crescent</i> and <i>Crusader</i> - were fitted as Leaders. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;"> <caption>Ships of the "Cr" (14th Emergency) Flotilla </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Pennant </th> <th scope="col">Builder <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Laid Down <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Launched <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Commissioned <sup id="cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Fate </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMCS_Crescent" title="HMCS Crescent"><i>Crescent</i></a> <sup id="cite_ref-fldr_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fldr-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>R16 </td> <td>John Brown </td> <td>16 August 1943 </td> <td>20 July 1944 </td> <td>21 August 1945 </td> <td>To <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Royal Canadian Navy">Canada</a> 1945,<sup id="cite_ref-Lentonv2_p48_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentonv2_p48-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> extensive modernisation to anti-submarine Destroyer Escort 1952–56. Scrapped 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-Conways47_p44_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways47_p44-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMCS_Crusader" title="HMCS Crusader"><i>Crusader</i></a> <sup id="cite_ref-fldr_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fldr-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>R20 </td> <td>John Brown </td> <td>15 November 1943 </td> <td>5 October 1944 </td> <td>26 November 1945 </td> <td>To Canada 1945,<sup id="cite_ref-Lentonv2_p48_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentonv2_p48-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scrapped 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-Conways47_p41_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways47_p41-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Trondheim_(1946)" title="HNoMS Trondheim (1946)"><i>Croziers</i></a> </th> <td>R27 </td> <td>Yarrow </td> <td>26 October 1943 </td> <td>19 August 1944 </td> <td>30 November 1945 </td> <td>To <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy" title="Royal Norwegian Navy">Norway</a> as <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Trondheim_(1946)" title="HNoMS Trondheim (1946)"><i>Trondheim</i></a> 1945, sold for scrapping 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-Lentonv2_p48_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentonv2_p48-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Crystal_(R38)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Crystal (R38) (page does not exist)"><i>Crystal</i></a> </th> <td>R38 </td> <td>Yarrow </td> <td>13 January 1944 </td> <td>12 February 1945 </td> <td>6 February 1946 </td> <td>To Norway as <a href="/w/index.php?title=HNoMS_Stavanger_(1946)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HNoMS Stavanger (1946) (page does not exist)"><i>Stavanger</i></a> 1945, scrapped 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-Lentonv2_p48_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentonv2_p48-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Crispin_(R68)" title="HMS Crispin (R68)"><i>Crispin</i></a> (<span class="nowrap">ex-<i>Craccher</i></span>) </th> <td>R68 </td> <td>White </td> <td>1 February 1944 </td> <td>23 June 1945 </td> <td>10 July 1946 </td> <td>To Pakistan as <i>Jahangir</i> 18 March 1958,<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p105_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p105-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> scrapped 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-Conways47_p299_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways47_p299-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Creole_(R82)" title="HMS Creole (R82)"><i>Creole</i></a> </th> <td>R82 </td> <td>White </td> <td>3 August 1944 </td> <td>22 November 1945 </td> <td>14 October 1946 </td> <td>To Pakistan as <i>Alamgir</i> 20 June 1958,<sup id="cite_ref-Critv3_p105_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critv3_p105-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> scrapped 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-Conways47_p299_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways47_p299-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Bergen_(1946)" title="HNoMS Bergen (1946)"><i>Cromwell</i></a> (<span class="nowrap">ex-<i>Cretan</i></span>) </th> <td>R35 </td> <td>Scott's </td> <td>24 November 1943 </td> <td>6 August 1945 </td> <td>16 September 1946 </td> <td>To Norway as <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Bergen_(1946)" title="HNoMS Bergen (1946)"><i>Bergen</i></a> 1946, scrapped 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-Lentonv2_p48_34-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentonv2_p48-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Crown_(R46)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Crown (R46) (page does not exist)"><i>Crown</i></a> </th> <td>R46 </td> <td>Scott's </td> <td>16 January 1944 </td> <td>19 December 1945 </td> <td>17 April 1947 </td> <td>To Norway as <a href="/w/index.php?title=HNoMS_Oslo_(1946)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HNoMS Oslo (1946) (page does not exist)"><i>Oslo</i></a> 1945, scrapped 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-Lentonv2_p48_34-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentonv2_p48-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-fldr-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fldr_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fldr_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">flotilla leader</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Ce"_(or_15th_Emergency)_Flotilla"><span id=".22Ce.22_.28or_15th_Emergency.29_Flotilla"></span>"Ce" (or 15th Emergency) Flotilla</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: "Ce" (or 15th Emergency) Flotilla"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two ships of this putative flotilla, the last of the 26 "Intermediate"-type destroyers authorised under the 1942 Programme, were ordered on 3 February 1942 from White. These two ships were to be named <i>Centaur</i> and <i>Celt</i>. However, with the decision to introduce a fresh design of Intermediate destroyer (which became the <a href="/wiki/Weapon-class_destroyer" title="Weapon-class destroyer">Weapon-class destroyer</a> design), the White orders were amended to the new design and the names of the two ships were altered to <i>Tomahawk</i> and <i>Sword</i> respectively. <i>Tomahawk</i> was subsequently renamed again, becoming <i>Scorpion</i>, while <i>Sword</i> was finally cancelled on 15 October 1945. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Image_gallery">Image gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Image gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HMSCavalier.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="HMS Cavalier, Britain's only remaining World War II destroyer, preserved as a museum ship at Chatham Historic Dockyard."><img alt="HMS Cavalier, Britain's only remaining World War II destroyer, preserved as a museum ship at Chatham Historic Dockyard." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/HMSCavalier.jpg/120px-HMSCavalier.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/HMSCavalier.jpg/180px-HMSCavalier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/HMSCavalier.jpg/240px-HMSCavalier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">HMS <i>Cavalier</i>, Britain's only remaining World War II destroyer, preserved as a museum ship at <a href="/wiki/Chatham_Historic_Dockyard" title="Chatham Historic Dockyard">Chatham Historic Dockyard</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Charity_(R29).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="HMS Charity, Korea, 1952."><img alt="HMS Charity, Korea, 1952." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/HMS_Charity_%28R29%29.jpg/120px-HMS_Charity_%28R29%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/HMS_Charity_%28R29%29.jpg/180px-HMS_Charity_%28R29%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/HMS_Charity_%28R29%29.jpg/240px-HMS_Charity_%28R29%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5740" data-file-height="4238" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">HMS <i>Charity</i>, Korea, 1952.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ship_classes_of_the_Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ship classes of the Second World War">List of ship classes of the Second World War</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Lentonv2_p39-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lentonv2_p39_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lentonv2_p39_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lenton 1970, p. 39.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Conways22_p43-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Conways22_p43_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Conways22_p43_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 43.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lentonv2_p45-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lentonv2_p45_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lenton 2000, p. 45.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Conways22_p43-4-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Conways22_p43-4_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gardiner and Chesneau 1995, pp. 43–44.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Destroyer Weapons of WW2, Hodges/Friedman, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85177-137-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-85177-137-8">0-85177-137-8</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Whitley_p136-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley 2000, p. 136.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-weapon_p86,8-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-weapon_p86,8_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hodges and Friedman 1979, pp. 86, 88.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Whitley_p136,8-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136,8_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley 2000, pp. 136, 138.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Whitley_p128-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p128_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p128_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley p138.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Conways22_p44-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Conways22_p44_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 44.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lentonv2_p43-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lentonv2_p43_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lenton 1970, p. 43.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Conway47_p506-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Conway47_p506_13-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 506.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-weapon_p85-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-weapon_p85_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hodges and Friedman 1979, p. 85.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Conways47_p490-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Conways47_p490_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 490.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-weapon_p92-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-weapon_p92_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hodges and Friedman 1979, p. 92.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lentonv2_p39,45,49-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lentonv2_p39,45,49_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lenton 1970, pp. 39, 45, 49.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Whitley_p136-7-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitley_p136-7_18-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley 2000, pp. 136–137.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Critv3_p86-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p86_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p86_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Critchley 1982, p. 86.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Critv3_p87-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p87_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p87_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Critchley 1982, p. 87.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Critv3_p90-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p90_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p90_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p90_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p90_22-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Critchley 1982, p. 90.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Critv3_p92-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p92_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p92_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p92_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p92_23-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p92_23-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p92_23-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Critchley 1982, p. 92.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Critv3_p88-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p88_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p88_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Critchley 1982, p. 88.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Crit3_p94-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Crit3_p94_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Crit3_p94_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Crit3_p94_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Critchley 1982, p. 94.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Crit3_p98-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Crit3_p98_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Crit3_p98_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Crit3_p98_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Crit3_p98_26-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Crit3_p98_26-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Critchley 1982, p. 98.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Critv3_p102-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p102_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p102_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p102_28-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Critchley 1982, p. 102.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lentonv2_p44-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lentonv2_p44_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lentonv2_p44_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lenton 1970, p. 44.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Critv3_p101-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p101_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p101_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p101_30-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Critchley 1982, p. 101.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Critv3_p100-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p100_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p100_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Critchley 1982, p. 100.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lentonv2_p48-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lentonv2_p48_34-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lentonv2_p48_34-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lentonv2_p48_34-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lentonv2_p48_34-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lentonv2_p48_34-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lentonv2_p48_34-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lenton 1970, p. 48.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Conways47_p44-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Conways47_p44_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 44.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Conways47_p41-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Conways47_p41_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 41.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Critv3_p105-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p105_37-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Critv3_p105_37-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Critchley 1982, p. 105.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Conways47_p299-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Conways47_p299_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Conways47_p299_38-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 299.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Maurice Cocker, <i>Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981</i>, Ian Allan: London, 1981. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-1075-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-7110-1075-7">0-7110-1075-7</a></li> <li>Mike Critchley, <i>British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers</i>, Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9506323-9-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-9506323-9-2">0-9506323-9-2</a>.</li> <li>Norman Friedman, <i>British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After</i>, Chatham Publishing, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86176-137-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-86176-137-6">1-86176-137-6</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGardinerChesneau1980" class="citation book cs1">Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). <i>Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946</i>. London: Conway Maritime Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85177-146-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-85177-146-7"><bdi>0-85177-146-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Conway%27s+All+The+World%27s+Fighting+Ships+1922%E2%80%931946&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Conway+Maritime+Press&rft.date=1980&rft.isbn=0-85177-146-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AC-class+destroyer+%281943%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Robert Gardiner and Stephen Chumbley, <i>Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995</i>, Naval Institute Press: Annapolis, Maryland, USA, 1995. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55750-132-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-55750-132-7">1-55750-132-7</a>.</li> <li>David Hobbs, <i>C Class Destroyers</i>, Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 2012. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1904459498" title="Special:BookSources/1904459498">1904459498</a></li> <li>Peter Hodges and Norman Friedman, <i>Destroyer Weapons of World War 2</i>, Naval Institute Press: Annapolis Maryland, USA, 1979. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-929-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-929-4">0-87021-929-4</a>.</li> <li>H. T. Lenton, <i>British and Empire Warships of the Second World War</i>, Greenhill Books, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85367-277-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-85367-277-7">1-85367-277-7</a></li> <li>H. T. Lenton, <i>Navies of the Second World War: British Fleet & Escort Destroyers Volume Two</i>, Macdonald: London, 1970. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-356-03122-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-356-03122-5">0-356-03122-5</a></li> <li>George Moore, <i>Building for Victory: The Warship Building Programmes of the Royal Navy 1939 - 1945</i>, World Ship Society, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9543310-1-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-9543310-1-X">0-9543310-1-X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._J._Whitley" class="mw-redirect" title="M. J. Whitley">M. J. Whitley</a>, <i>Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia</i>, Cassell and Co.: London, 2000. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85409-521-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-85409-521-8">1-85409-521-8</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C-class_destroyer_(1943)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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data-file-height="608" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy" title="Royal Norwegian Navy">Royal Norwegian Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Crown_(R46)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Crown (R46) (page does not exist)"><i>Oslo</i></a> (ex-<i>Crown</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cromwell_(R35)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Cromwell (R35)"><i>Bergen</i></a> (ex-<i>Cromwell</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Croziers_(R27)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Croziers (R27)"><i>Trondheim</i></a> (ex-<i>Croziers</i>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Crystal_(R38)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Crystal (R38) (page does not exist)"><i>Stavanger</i></a> (ex-<i>Crystal</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg/46px-Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Creole_(R82)" title="HMS Creole (R82)"><i>Alamgir</i></a> (ex-<i>Creole</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Crispin_(R68)" title="HMS Crispin (R68)"><i>Jahangir</i></a> (ex-<i>Crispin</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Charity_(R29)" title="HMS Charity (R29)"><i>Shah Jahan</i></a> (ex-<i>Charity</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Chivalrous_(R21)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Chivalrous (R21)"><i>Taimur</i></a> (ex-<i>Chivalrous</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/W_and_Z-class_destroyer" title="W and Z-class destroyer">Z class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Weapon-class_destroyer" title="Weapon-class destroyer">Weapon class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy">List of destroyers of 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class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/60px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/90px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/120px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of destroyer classes of 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href="/wiki/Courageous-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Courageous-class aircraft carrier"><i>Courageous</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Eagle_(1918)" title="HMS Eagle (1918)"><i>Eagle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(91)" title="HMS Ark Royal (91)"><i>Ark Royal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illustrious-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Illustrious-class aircraft carrier"><i>Illustrious</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Implacable-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Implacable-class aircraft carrier"><i>Implacable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audacious-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Audacious-class aircraft carrier"><i>Audacious</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Malta-class aircraft carrier"><i>Malta</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_aircraft_carrier" title="Light aircraft carrier">Light aircraft carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Argus_(I49)" title="HMS Argus (I49)"><i>Argus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(95)" title="HMS Hermes (95)"><i>Hermes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Unicorn_(I72)" title="HMS Unicorn (I72)"><i>Unicorn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Design_Light_Fleet_Carrier" title="1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier"><i>Colossus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Design_Light_Fleet_Carrier" title="1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier"><i>Majestic</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaur-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Centaur-class aircraft carrier"><i>Centaur</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">Escort carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Archer_(D78)" title="HMS Archer (D78)"><i>Archer</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>AV</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Audacity" title="HMS Audacity"><i>Audacity</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avenger-class_escort_carrier" title="Avenger-class escort carrier"><i>Avenger</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>AV</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attacker-class_escort_carrier" title="Attacker-class escort carrier"><i>Attacker</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruler-class_escort_carrier" title="Ruler-class escort carrier">Ruler</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Activity_(D94)" title="HMS Activity (D94)"><i>Activity</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pretoria_Castle_(F61)" title="HMS Pretoria Castle (F61)"><i>Pretoria Castle</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairana-class_escort_carrier" title="Nairana-class escort carrier"><i>Nairana</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">Battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship" title="Queen Elizabeth-class battleship"><i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenge-class_battleship" title="Revenge-class battleship"><i>Revenge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson-class_battleship" title="Nelson-class battleship"><i>Nelson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_V-class_battleship_(1939)" title="King George V-class battleship (1939)"><i>King George V</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion-class_battleship" title="Lion-class battleship"><i>Lion</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(23)" title="HMS Vanguard (23)"><i>Vanguard</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser" title="Battlecruiser">Battlecruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Renown-class_battlecruiser" title="Renown-class battlecruiser"><i>Renown</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hood" title="HMS Hood"><i>Hood</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">Heavy cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County-class_cruiser" title="County-class cruiser">County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York-class_cruiser" title="York-class cruiser"><i>York</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">Light cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C-class_cruiser" title="C-class cruiser">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danae-class_cruiser" title="Danae-class cruiser"><i>Danae</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerald-class_cruiser" title="Emerald-class cruiser"><i>Emerald</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leander-class_cruiser_(1931)" title="Leander-class cruiser (1931)"><i>Leander</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arethusa-class_cruiser_(1934)" title="Arethusa-class cruiser (1934)"><i>Arethusa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_cruiser_(1936)" title="Town-class cruiser (1936)">Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dido-class_cruiser" title="Dido-class cruiser"><i>Dido</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji-class_cruiser" title="Fiji-class cruiser"><i>Fiji</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1943)" title="Minotaur-class cruiser (1943)"><i>Minotaur</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neptune-class_cruiser" title="Neptune-class cruiser"><i>Neptune</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1947)" title="Minotaur-class cruiser (1947)"><i>Minotaur</i></a> (1947)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">Destroyer leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_type_destroyer_leader" title="Thornycroft type destroyer leader">Thornycroft type (<i>Shakespeare</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_type_flotilla_leader" title="Admiralty type flotilla leader">Admiralty type (<i>Scott</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R-class_destroyer_(1916)" title="R-class destroyer (1916)">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-class_destroyer_(1917)" title="S-class destroyer (1917)">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">V & W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_destroyer" title="Town-class destroyer">Town</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ambuscade_(D38)" title="HMS Ambuscade (D38)"><i>Ambuscade</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Amazon_(D39)" title="HMS Amazon (D39)"><i>Amazon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-_and_B-class_destroyer" title="A- and B-class destroyer">A & B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_and_D-class_destroyer" title="C and D-class destroyer">C & D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E_and_F-class_destroyer" title="E and F-class destroyer">E & F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G_and_H-class_destroyer" title="G and H-class destroyer">G & H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I-class_destroyer" title="I-class destroyer">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribal-class_destroyer_(1936)" title="Tribal-class destroyer (1936)">Tribal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J-,_K-_and_N-class_destroyer" title="J-, K- and N-class destroyer">J, K & N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_destroyer" title="Hunt-class destroyer">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L_and_M-class_destroyer" title="L and M-class destroyer">L & M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O_and_P-class_destroyer" title="O and P-class destroyer">O & P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q_and_R-class_destroyer" title="Q and R-class destroyer">Q & R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S_and_T-class_destroyer" title="S and T-class destroyer">S & T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_and_V-class_destroyer" title="U and V-class destroyer">U & V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W_and_Z-class_destroyer" title="W and Z-class destroyer">W & Z</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle-class_destroyer" title="Battle-class destroyer">Battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weapon-class_destroyer" title="Weapon-class destroyer">Weapon</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-class_destroyer_(1944)" title="G-class destroyer (1944)">G</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daring-class_destroyer_(1949)" title="Daring-class destroyer (1949)"><i>Daring</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C,P</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flower-class_corvette" title="Flower-class corvette">Flower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle-class_corvette" title="Castle-class corvette">Castle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sloop-of-war" title="Sloop-of-war">Sloops</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/24-class_sloop" title="24-class sloop">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater-class_sloop" title="Bridgewater-class sloop"><i>Bridgewater</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings-class_sloop" title="Hastings-class sloop"><i>Hastings</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banff-class_sloop" title="Banff-class sloop"><i>Banff</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreham-class_sloop" title="Shoreham-class sloop"><i>Shoreham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimsby-class_sloop" title="Grimsby-class sloop"><i>Grimsby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingfisher-class_sloop" title="Kingfisher-class sloop"><i>Kingfisher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bittern-class_sloop" title="Bittern-class sloop"><i>Bittern</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egret-class_sloop" title="Egret-class sloop"><i>Egret</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Swan-class_sloop" title="Black Swan-class sloop"><i>Black Swan</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">Minelayers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Adventure_(M23)" title="HMS Adventure (M23)"><i>Adventure</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdiel-class_minelayer" title="Abdiel-class minelayer"><i>Abdiel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Plover_(M26)" title="HMS Plover (M26)"><i>Plover</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linnet-class_minelayer" title="Linnet-class minelayer"><i>Linnet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-class_minelayer" title="M-class minelayer">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Agamemnon_(M10)" title="HMS Agamemnon (M10)"><i>Agamemnon</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Menestheus" title="HMS Menestheus"><i>Menestheus</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Port_Napier" title="HMS Port Napier"><i>Port Napier</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Port_Quebec" title="HMS Port Quebec"><i>Port Quebec</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Southern_Prince" title="HMS Southern Prince"><i>Southern Prince</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Teviot_Bank" title="HMS Teviot Bank"><i>Teviot Bank</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_minesweeper_(1916)" title="Hunt-class minesweeper (1916)">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halcyon-class_minesweeper" title="Halcyon-class minesweeper"><i>Halcyon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor-class_minesweeper" title="Bangor-class minesweeper"><i>Bangor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MMS-class_minesweeper" title="MMS-class 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