Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer R20

HMS Crusader (R20)

C-class destroyer (1943) destroyer

HMS Crusader (R20)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 10052 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — R20 The Royal Canadian Navy C-class destroyer HMCS Crusader (DD 228), circa in 1946 after the transfer to the RCN. Crusader had been commissioned in 1945 as HMS Crusader (R20). She was later converted to an anti-submarine frigate (DDE 228) and scrapped in 1964.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Crusader? — 19452,193 days of the war
  2. Royal Canadian Navy as Crusader26 November 1945 — 15 January 1960
C-class destroyer (1943) destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Crusader
Pennant / hull number
R20
Builder
John Brown & Company
Ordered
12 September 1942
Laid down
15 November 1943
Launched
4 October 1944
Commissioned
26 November 1945
Decommissioned
15 January 1960
Fate
Sold for scrap, 1964 (1964)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,703 long tons (1,730 t)
Length
99.59 m (326.7 ft)
Beam
10.87 m (35.7 ft)
Draught
3.51 m (11.5 ft)
Speed
36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
Range
4,675 nmi (8,658 km)
Complement
244
Main gun
114 mm (4.5 in)

HMS Crusader was a C-class destroyer (1943) destroyer of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R20. Her keel was laid at John Brown & Company on 15 November 1943. She entered service on 26 November 1945, having been launched on 4 October 1944.

40 ships of the class were built. The class followed the W and Z-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Weapon-class destroyer.

Displacement was 1,703 long tons. She measured 99.6 m (327 ft) long with a beam of 10.9 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 244. Her main battery was of 114 mm (4.5 in) calibre.

She served with the Royal Navy as Crusader until 1945. She then passed to the Royal Canadian Navy, serving as Crusader from 26 November 1945. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 January 1960.

She was broken up for scrap in 1964.

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
  • 2 Parsons single reduction geared turbines
  • 40000 shp, 2 shafts
Armament
  • 4 × QF 4.5 in L/45 Mk IV guns on mounts CP Mk.V
  • 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV
  • 2 × single 2-pdr Mk VIII
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannon
  • 4 (1 × 4) tubes for 21 inch torpedoes Mk.IX

Sister ships

15 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Crusader (R20) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 10052 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons