Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer R68

HMS Crispin (R68)

C-class destroyer (1943) destroyer

HMS Crispin (R68)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 9699 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — R68 Photograph of British C class destroyer HMS Crispin.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Crispin (ex-Craccher)10 July 1946 — 18 March 1958
  2. as PNS Jahangir18 March 1958 — 1982
C-class destroyer (1943) destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Crispin
Pennant / hull number
R68
Builder
J. Samuel White, Cowes
Laid down
1 February 1944
Launched
23 June 1945
Commissioned
10 July 1946
Fate
Scrapped 1982 (1982)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,710 long tons (1,737 t)
Length
110.64 m (363 ft) OA
Beam
10.9 m (35.8 ft)
Draught
3.05 m (10 ft)
Speed
37 knots (68.5 km/h, 42.6 mph)
Range
1,400 nmi (2,593 km)
Complement
186
Main gun
114 mm (4.5 in)

HMS Crispin was a C-class destroyer (1943) destroyer of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R68. Her keel was laid at J. Samuel White, Cowes on 1 February 1944. Launched on 23 June 1945, she entered service on 10 July 1946.

Her class ran to 40 ships. The class followed the W and Z-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Weapon-class destroyer.

Displacement was 1,710 long tons. She measured 110.6 m (363 ft) long with a beam of 10.9 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 37 knots, and she carried a complement of 186. Her main battery was of 114 mm (4.5 in) calibre.

She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Crispin (ex-Craccher) until 18 March 1958.

She was broken up for scrap in 1982.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • Parsons geared steam turbines
  • 40000 shp, 2 shafts
Armament
  • 4 × QF 4.5 in L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V
  • 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV
  • 4 × anti-aircraft mountings
  • Bofors 40 mm, single mount Mk.III
  • QF 2-pdr Mk VIII, single mount Mk.XVI
  • Oerlikon 20 mm, single mount P Mk.III
  • Oerlikon 20 mm, twin mount Mk.V
  • 1 × quadruple tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX
  • 2 × Squid ASW mortars (after 1956)

Sister ships

15 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Crispin (R68) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 9699 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons