Vessel Profile

Crusader (H.M.C.S.) (II)

Crusader (H.M.C.S.) (II)
Source: Nauticapedia Archives

Story

This destroyer, c-class was built in 1944 by John Brown & Co. Ltd. in Glasgow, Scotland.

Owners & Masters

She was transferred from the RN.

She served in the Royal Canadian Navy 1945-1946, and again 1951-1960. On January 15, 1960 she was paid off at Halifax NS Canada and sold for breaking up in 1964.

Armament

3-4.5"; 6-40mm; 4-21" torpedo tubes (1 x IV)

References

  • Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
  • Freeman, David J. (2000)
  • Macpherson, K. & J. Burgess (1981)
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