Vessel Profile

Crescent (H.M.S.) (II)

Crescent (H.M.S.) (II)
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Story

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

Owners & Masters

In 1945-1949, 1950-1953 she served in the Royal Canadian Navy.

Armament

3-4.5"; 6-40mm; 4-21" torpedo tubes (1 x IV) (later 2-4" (1 x III); 2-3" (1 x II); 2-40mm; 1 Limbo; homing torpedoes)

References

  • Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
  • Freeman, David J. (2000)
  • Macpherson, K. & J. Burgess (1981)
  • J.J. Colledge and Ben Warlow (2010) Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate Oxford UK
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