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{{Short description|1943 class of destroyers of the Royal Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=File:HMS Croziers 1945 IWM FL 10785.jpg
|Ship caption=[[HMS Croziers|HMS ''Croziers'']] on 22 December 1945
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
|Builders=
|Operators=*{{navy|United Kingdom}}
*{{navy|Norway}}
*{{naval|Canada|1911}}
*{{naval|Pakistan}}
|Class before={{sclass2|W and Z|destroyer|4}}
|Class after={{sclass2|Weapon|destroyer|4}}
|Subclasses=Ca-, Ch-, Co-, Cr-
|Built range=
|In commission range=1944 - 1972
|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned=34
|Total ships completed=32
|Total ships cancelled=2
|Total ships active=
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships retired=31
|Total ships preserved=1
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption=Ca class<ref name="Lentonv2 p39">Lenton 1970, p. 39.</ref>
|Ship type=[[Destroyer]]
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1710|LT|t|abbr=on|lk=in}} [[Displacement (ship)#Standard displacement|standard]]
*{{convert|2530|LT|t|abbr=on}} [[Displacement (ship)#Full or deep load or loaded displacement|full load]]
|Ship length=*{{convert|362|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|o/a]]
*{{convert|339|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} [[length between perpendiculars|pp]]
|Ship beam={{convert|35|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|10|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,
*Parsons single-reduction geared [[steam turbine]]s,
*{{convert|40,000|shp|MW|lk=in|abbr=on}}, 2 shafts
|Ship speed=*{{convert|36|kn|abbr=on}}
*{{convert|32|kn|abbr=on}} (full load)
|Ship range=*{{convert|4675|nmi}} at {{convert|20|kn}}
*{{convert|1400|nmi}} at {{convert|32|kn}}
|Ship complement=186 (222 as [[flotilla leader|leader]])
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=
*4 × [[QF 4.5 inch Mk I - V naval gun|QF 4.5-inch (113 mm) L/45 Mk IV guns]] on mounts CP Mk.V
*2 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40&nbsp;mm L/60 guns]] on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV;
*4 × Single [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk.XVI guns]]
*8 (2 × 4) tubes for [[British 21 inch torpedo|{{convert|21|inch|mm|adj=on|sigfig=3}} torpedoes Mk.IX]]
*80 [[Depth charge]]s<ref name="Conways22 p43"/>
|Ship armour=
|Ship aircraft=
|Ship aircraft facilities=
|Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Hide header=
|Header caption= (Ch-, Co- & Cr- class)<ref name="Lentonv2 p45">Lenton 2000, p. 45.</ref>
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1900|LT|t|abbr=on|0}} standard
*{{convert|2535|LT|t|abbr=on}} full load
|Ship draught={{convert|10|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=*4 × QF 4.5-inch (113-mm) L/45 Mk IV guns on mounts CP Mk.V
*2 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40&nbsp;mm L/60 guns]] on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV;
*2 × single 2-pounder
*2 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannon<ref name="Conways22 p43-4">Gardiner and Chesneau 1995, pp. 43–44.</ref>
|Ship notes= Other characteristics as per Ca- class
}}
|}

The '''C class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of 32 [[destroyer]]s of the [[Royal Navy]] 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 {{sclass2|Weapon|destroyer}}s 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.

==Design==
They were built as part of the [[War Emergency Programme destroyers|War Emergency Programme]], based on the hull and machinery of the pre-war [[J, K and N-class destroyer|J class]], incorporating whatever advances in armament and naval radar were available at the time. Some of the class were completed in time for [[World War II|wartime]] service.  All ships used the [[Fuze Keeping Clock]] High Angle Fire Control Computer.<ref>Destroyer Weapons of WW2, Hodges/Friedman, {{ISBN|0-85177-137-8}}</ref>

The "Ca" flotilla were generally repeats of the preceding [[W and Z-class destroyer|Z class]], and as such had a main gun armament of four [[QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun|QF 4.5-inch (113-mm) Mk IV]] 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 [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40mm Bofors]] guns in a twin stabilized Hazemayer mount, supplemented by four single [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|2-pounder "pom-pom"]] anti aircraft guns on power operated mounts. ''Caprice'' differed in having a quadruple 2-pounder "pom-pom" instead of the Hazemayer Bofors mount, while ''Cassandra'' had eight [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]] instead of the single pom-poms. Torpedo armament consisted of eight [[British 21 inch torpedo|{{convert|21|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} torpedoes]] in two quadruple mounts, while 70 depth charges could be carried.<ref name="Conways22 p43">Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 43.</ref><ref name="Whitley p136"/>

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{{#tag:ref|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.<ref name="weapon p86,8">Hodges and Friedman 1979, pp. 86, 88.</ref>|group=lower-alpha}} meant that only one quadruple torpedo mount was fitted, and the depth charge armament was reduced to 35 depth charges.<ref name="Whitley p136,8">Whitley 2000, pp. 136, 138.</ref>  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&nbsp;mm Oerlikon cannon.<ref name="Whitley p128">Whitley p138.</ref><ref name="Conways22 p44">Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 44.</ref> They also introduced the [[welding|all-welded]] hull into Royal Navy destroyer construction, beginning in ''Contest'', with the "Cr" flotilla all being of all-welded construction.<ref name="Whitley p128"/> 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.<ref name="Lentonv2 p43">Lenton 1970, p. 43.</ref> Only ''Comet'' was commissioned before [[VJ Day]], in June 1945, albeit too late to see action.

''Caprice'' was the last destroyer built for the Royal Navy to be fitted with the ubiquitous quadruple [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2 pounder "pom-pom"]] mounting Mark VII.

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 [[Squid (weapon)|Squid]] 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&nbsp;mm Bofors mounts. The ships were also fitted with new [[Bridge (nautical)|bridges]]; the post-refit bridge differed between the first four conversions (''Cavendish'', ''Carron'', ''Cavalier'' and ''Carysfort''), with open bridges and the later four (''Caprice'', ''Cassandra'', ''Caesar'' and ''Cambrian'') which were given frigate-type enclosed bridges.<ref name="Conway47 p506">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 506.</ref><ref name="weapon p85">Hodges and Friedman 1979, p. 85.</ref>

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. ''Chieftain'', ''Chaplet'' and ''Comet'' were fitted as minelayers.<ref name="Conways47 p490">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 490.</ref><ref name="weapon p92">Hodges and Friedman 1979, p. 92.</ref>

===Engineering===
The class were all fitted with two Admiralty 3-drum boilers with a pressure of {{convert|300|psi|}} at {{convert|630|F}}. All had Parsons single-reduction geared turbines, generating {{convert|40000|shp|kW}} at 350 RPM, and driving the two shafts to produce a maximum of {{convert|36|kn}} ({{convert|32|kn}} under full load condition).<ref name="Lentonv2 p39,45,49">Lenton 1970, pp. 39, 45, 49.</ref> All were engined by their builders except ''Cossack'' and ''Constance'', which were engined by Parsons.<ref name="Whitley p136-7"/> Their bunkers could hold 615 tons of oil fuel, giving them a radius of {{convert|4675|nmi}} at {{convert|20|kn}} and {{convert|1400|nmi}} at {{convert|32|kn}}.<ref name="Lentonv2 p39">Lenton 1970, p. 39.</ref>

==Ships==

==="Ca" (or 11th Emergency) Flotilla===

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 - ''Caesar'' and ''Cavendish'' - were fitted as Leaders.

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 [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|paid off]] into operational reserve.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;"
|+ Ships of the "Ca" (11th Emergency) Flotilla
|-
!scope="col" |Name
!scope="col" |Pennant
!scope="col" |Builder <ref name="Whitley p136">Whitley 2000, p. 136.</ref>
!scope="col" |Laid Down <ref name="Whitley p136"/>
!scope="col" |Launched <ref name="Whitley p136"/>
!scope="col" |Commissioned <ref name="Whitley p136"/>
!scope="col" |Fate
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Caprice|R01|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Swallow''}})
|R01<br>later D01
|[[Yarrow & Company|Yarrow]], [[Scotstoun]]
|28 September 1942
|16 September 1943
|5 April 1944
|Modernised by Yarrow 1959. Paid off March 1973.<ref name="Critv3 p86">Critchley 1982, p. 86.</ref><br> Scrapped 1979 at [[Queenborough]].<ref name="Conway47 p506"/><ref name="Critv3 p86"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Cassandra|R62|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Tourmaline''}})
|R62<br>later D10
|Yarrow, Scotstoun
|3 January 1943
|29 November 1943
|28 July 1944
|Modernised by Yarrow 1960. Paid off January 1966.<ref name="Critv3 p87">Critchley 1982, p. 87.</ref><br> Scrapped at [[Inverkeithing]] in 1967.<ref name="Conway47 p506"/><ref name="Critv3 p87"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Caesar|R07|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Ranger''}})
|R07<br>later D07
|[[John Brown & Company|John Brown]], [[Clydebank]]
|3 April 1943
|14 February 1944
|5 October 1944
|Modernised 1957-60 at Rosyth. Paid off June 1965.<ref name="Critv3 p90">Critchley 1982, p. 90.</ref><br> Scrapped 1967 at [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]].<ref name="Conway47 p506"/><ref name="Critv3 p90"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Cavendish|R15|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Sibyl''}})
|R15<br>later D15
|John Brown, Clydebank
|19 May 1943
|12 April 1944
|13 December 1944
|Modernised 1956. Laid up 1964.<ref name="Critv3 p92">Critchley 1982, p. 92.</ref><br> Scrapped 1967 at Blyth.<ref name="Conway47 p506"/><ref name="Critv3 p92"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Cambrian|R85|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Spitfire''}})
|R85<br>later D85
|[[Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company|Scotts]], [[Greenock]]
|14 August 1942
|10 December 1943
|14 July 1944<br>by John Brown {{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
|Modernised 1963. Paid off December 1968.<ref name="Critv3 p88">Critchley 1982, p. 88.</ref><br> Scrapped 1971 at [[Briton Ferry]].<ref name="Conway47 p506"/><ref name="Critv3 p88"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Carron|R30|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Strenuous''}})
|R30<br>later D30
|Scotts, Greenock
|26 November 1942
|28 March 1944
|6 November 1944
|Modernised August 1955 as Training Ship. Paid off March 1963.<ref name="Critv3 p90"/><br> Scrapped 1967 at Inverkeithing.<ref name="Conway47 p506"/><ref name="Critv3 p90"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Cavalier|R73|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Pellew''}})
|R73<br>later D73
|[[J. Samuel White|White]], [[Cowes]]
|28 February 1943
|7 April 1944
|22 November 1944
|Modernised 1957. Paid off July 1972.<ref name="Critv3 p92"/><br> Sold October 1977 to be preserved as a museum ship,<ref name="Critv3 p92"/><br>since 1999 preserved at [[Chatham Historic Dockyard]], [[Kent]].
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Carysfort|R25|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Pique''}})
|R25<br>later D25
|White, Cowes
|12 May 1943
|25 July 1944
|20 February 1945
|Modernised 1956. Paid off February 1969.<ref name="Critv3 p92"/><br> Scrapped 1970 at [[Newport, Wales|Newport]].<ref name="Critv3 p92"/>
|}
{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=fldr|[[flotilla leader]]}}
}}

==="Ch" (or 12th Emergency) Flotilla===

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 ''Chequers'' and ''Childers'' were fitted as [[Flotilla leader|Leaders]].

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;"
|+ Ships of the "Ch" (12th Emergency) Flotilla
|-
!scope="col" |Name
!scope="col" |Pennant
!scope="col" |Builder <ref name="Whitley p136-7">Whitley 2000, pp. 136–137.</ref>
!scope="col" |Laid Down <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/>
!scope="col" |Launched <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/>
!scope="col" |Commissioned <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/>
!scope="col" |Fate
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Chaplet|R52|2}}
|R52
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company|Thornycroft]], [[Woolston, Hampshire|Woolston]]
|29 April 1943
|18 July 1944
|24 August 1945
|Laid up 1961. Sold for scrapping 1965.<ref name="Crit3 p94">Critchley 1982, p. 94.</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Charity|R29|2}}
|R29
|Thornycroft, Woolston
|9 July 1943
|30 November 1944
|19 November 1945
|Transferred to [[Pakistan Navy]] as ''Shah Jehan'' 16 December 1958,<ref name="Crit3 p98">Critchley 1982, p. 98.</ref> irreparably damaged by [[Indian Navy]] warships off [[Karachi]] 4 December 1971 and scrapped as a result{{citation needed|reason=Conways 1947–95 (p. 299) mentions nothing of this damage and has ''Shah Jehan'' scrapped 1982.|date=January 2014}}
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Chequers|R61|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}}
|R61
|Scotts, Greenock
|4 May 1943
|30 October 1944
|28 September 1945
|Laid up 1964, scrapped 1966.<ref name="Crit3 p98"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Chieftain|R36|2}}
|R36
|Scotts, Greenock
|27 June 1943
|26 February 1945
|7 March 1946
|Scrapped 1961.<ref name="Crit3 p98"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Chevron|R51|2}}
|R51
|[[Alexander Stephen & Sons|Alex. Stephen]], [[Linthouse]]
|18 March 1943
|23 February 1944
|23 August 1945
|Accommodation ship at Rosyth, scrapped 1969.<ref name="Crit3 p94"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Cheviot|R90|2}}
|R90
|Alex. Stephen, Linthouse
|27 April 1943
|2 May 1944
|11 December 1945
|Harbour training ship at Rosyth 1960. Sold for scrapping 1962.<ref name="Crit3 p94"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Childers|R91|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}}
|R91
|[[William Denny & Brothers|Denny]], [[Dumbarton]]
|27 November 1943
|27 February 1945
|19 December 1945
|Laid up 1958. Sold for scrapping 1963.<ref name="Crit3 p98"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Chivalrous|R21|2}}
|R21
|Denny, Dumbarton
|27 November 1943
|22 June 1945
|13 May 1946
|Transferred to Pakistan Navy on 29 June 1954 as ''Taimur'', scrapped 1961.<ref name="Crit3 p98"/>
|}
{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=fldr|[[flotilla leader]]}}
}}

==="Co" (or 13th Emergency) Flotilla===

The first four of these destroyers were ordered in August 1942 - ''Comus'' and ''Concord'' on 7th, ''Contest'' on 12th and ''Consort'' on 14th. The remaining four destroyers were ordered on 12 September; ''Constance'' and ''Cossack'' were fitted as Leaders.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;"
|+ Ships of the "Co" (13th Emergency) Flotilla
|-
!scope="col" |Name
!scope="col" |Pennant
!scope="col" |Builder <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/>
!scope="col" |Laid Down <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/>
!scope="col" |Launched <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/>
!scope="col" |Commissioned <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/>
!scope="col" |Fate
|-
!scope="row"| {{HMS|Comus|R43|2}}
| R43
| Thornycroft
| 21 August 1943
| 14 March 1945
| 8 July 1946
|Sold for scrapping 1958.<ref name="Critv3 p102">Critchley 1982, p. 102.</ref><ref name="Lentonv2 p44">Lenton 1970, p. 44.</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Concord|R63|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Corso''}})
| R63
| Thornycroft
| 18 November 1943
| 14 May 1945
| 20 December 1946
|Harbour Training Ship Rosyth. Sold for scrapping 1962.<ref name="Critv3 p102"/><ref name="Lentonv2 p44"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Contest|R12|2}}
| R12 (later D48)
| White
| 1 November 1943
| 16 December 1944
|9 November 1945
|Sold for scrapping 1960<ref name="Critv3 p102"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Consort|R76|2}}
| R76
| Stephen
| 26 May 1943
| 19 October 1944
| 19 March 1946
|Sold for scrapping 1961<ref name="Critv3 p101">Critchley 1982, p. 101.</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Cockade|R34|2}}
| R34
| Yarrow
| 11 March 1943
| 7 March 1944
| 29 September 1945
|Paid off 1958. Sold for scrapping 1964.<ref name="Critv3 p100">Critchley 1982, p. 100.</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Comet|R26|2}}
| R26
| Yarrow
| 14 June 1943
| 22 June 1944
| 6 June 1945
|Paid off 1958. Sold for scrapping 1962.<ref name="Critv3 p101"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Constance|R71|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}}
| R71
| [[Vickers Armstrongs]], [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|Walker]]
|18 March 1943
|22 August 1944
|31 December 1945
|Sold for scrapping 1956.<ref name="Critv3 p101"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Cossack|R57|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}}
|R57
|Vickers Armstrongs, Walker
|18 March 1943
|10 May 1944
| 4 September 1945
|Sold for scrapping 1961.<ref name="Critv3 p100"/>
|}
{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=fldr|[[flotilla leader]]}}
}}

==="Cr" (or 14th Emergency) Flotilla===

All eight destroyers were ordered on 12 September 1942, two each from John Brown, Yarrow, White and Scotts; the John Brown pair - ''Crescent'' and ''Crusader'' - were fitted as Leaders.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;"
|+ Ships of the "Cr" (14th Emergency) Flotilla
|-
!scope="col" |Name
!scope="col" |Pennant
!scope="col" |Builder <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/>
!scope="col" |Laid Down <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/>
!scope="col" |Launched <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/>
!scope="col" |Commissioned <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/>
!scope="col" |Fate
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Crescent|R16|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}}
| R16
| John Brown
| 16 August 1943
| 20 July 1944
| 21 August 1945
| To [[Royal Canadian Navy|Canada]] 1945,<ref name="Lentonv2 p48">Lenton 1970, p. 48.</ref> extensive modernisation to anti-submarine Destroyer Escort 1952–56. Scrapped 1971.<ref name="Conways47 p44">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 44.</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Crusader|R20|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}}
|R20
| John Brown
| 15 November 1943
| 5 October 1944
| 26 November 1945
|To Canada 1945,<ref name="Lentonv2 p48"/> Scrapped 1964.<ref name="Conways47 p41">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 41.</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Croziers|R27|2}}
|R27
| Yarrow
|26 October 1943
|19 August 1944
|30 November 1945
|To [[Royal Norwegian Navy|Norway]] as {{HNoMS|Trondheim|1946|2}} 1945, sold for scrapping 1961.<ref name="Lentonv2 p48"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Crystal|R38|2}}
|R38
| Yarrow
|13 January 1944
|12 February 1945
|6 February 1946
|To Norway as {{HNoMS|Stavanger|1946|2}} 1945, scrapped 1967.<ref name="Lentonv2 p48"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Crispin|R68|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Craccher''}})
|R68
|White
|1 February 1944
|23 June 1945
|10 July 1946
|To Pakistan as ''Jahangir'' 18 March 1958,<ref name="Critv3 p105">Critchley 1982, p. 105.</ref> scrapped 1982.<ref name="Conways47 p299">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 299.</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Creole|R82|2}}
|R82
|White
|3 August 1944
|22 November 1945
|14 October 1946
|To Pakistan as ''Alamgir'' 20 June 1958,<ref name="Critv3 p105"/> scrapped 1982.<ref name="Conways47 p299"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Cromwell|R35|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Cretan''}})
|R35
|Scott's
|24 November 1943
|6 August 1945
|16 September 1946
|To Norway as {{HNoMS|Bergen|1946|2}} 1946, scrapped 1967.<ref name="Lentonv2 p48"/>
|-
!scope="row"|{{HMS|Crown|R46|2}}
|R46
|Scott's
|16 January 1944
|19 December 1945
|17 April 1947
|To Norway as {{HNoMS|Oslo|1946|2}} 1945, scrapped 1968.<ref name="Lentonv2 p48"/>
|}
{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=fldr|[[flotilla leader]]}}
}}

==="Ce" (or 15th Emergency) Flotilla===

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 ''Centaur'' and ''Celt''. However, with the decision to introduce a fresh design of Intermediate destroyer (which became the {{sclass2|Weapon|destroyer|1}} design), the White orders were amended to the new design and the names of the two ships were altered to ''Tomahawk'' and ''Sword'' respectively. ''Tomahawk'' was subsequently renamed again, becoming ''Scorpion'', while ''Sword'' was finally cancelled on 15 October 1945.

==Image gallery==
<gallery>
File:HMSCavalier.jpg|HMS ''Cavalier'', Britain's only remaining World War II destroyer, preserved as a museum ship at [[Chatham Historic Dockyard]].
File:HMS Charity (R29).jpg|HMS ''Charity'', Korea, 1952.
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of ship classes of the Second World War]]

== References ==

===Notes===
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==Publications==
* Maurice Cocker, ''Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981'', Ian Allan: London, 1981. {{ISBN|0-7110-1075-7}}
* Mike Critchley, ''British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers'',  Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. {{ISBN|0-9506323-9-2}}.
* Norman Friedman, ''British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After'', Chatham Publishing, {{ISBN|1-86176-137-6}}
*{{cite book|editor-last1=Gardiner|editor-first1=Robert|editor-last2=Chesneau|editor-first2=Roger|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|year=1980|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-146-7}} 
* Robert Gardiner and Stephen Chumbley, ''Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995'', Naval Institute Press: Annapolis, Maryland, USA, 1995. {{ISBN|1-55750-132-7}}.
* David Hobbs, ''C Class Destroyers'',  Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 2012. {{ISBN|1904459498}}
* Peter Hodges and Norman Friedman, ''Destroyer Weapons of World War 2'', Naval Institute Press: Annapolis Maryland, USA, 1979. {{ISBN|0-87021-929-4}}.
* H. T. Lenton, ''British and Empire Warships of the Second World War'', Greenhill Books, {{ISBN|1-85367-277-7}}
* H. T. Lenton, ''Navies of the Second World War: British Fleet & Escort Destroyers Volume Two'', Macdonald: London, 1970. {{ISBN|0-356-03122-5}}
* George Moore, ''Building for Victory: The Warship Building Programmes of the Royal Navy 1939 - 1945'', World Ship Society, {{ISBN|0-9543310-1-X}}
* [[M. J. Whitley]], ''Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia'', Cassell and Co.: London, 2000. {{ISBN|1-85409-521-8}}.

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