Crescent 1945
similar Algonquin 1967
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Crescent | DDE226 | John Brown, Clydebank, UK | 9.1943 | 20.7.1944 | 9.1945 | BU 4.1971 | |
| Crusader | DDE228 | John Brown, Clydebank, UK | 11.1943 | 5.10.1944 | 11.1945 | BU 1965 |
| Data variant | as completed |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1710 - 1730 nominal |
|
Displacement full, t |
2510 - 2535 |
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Length, m |
103.5 pp 110.6 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.9 |
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Draught, m |
4.34 - 4.39 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
40000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
36.75 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 588 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4675(20) |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 114/45 QF Mk IV, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk VIII/IX, (2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III or 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII or 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV), 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (35 - 108 DC) |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar |
|
Complement |
186 - 222 |
Project history: "Ñà" class development with new DP fire control system (it is similar to applied on "Battle" class). Because of its big weight one TT bank was necessary to remove and weaken anti-submarine armament. Contest became the first British fully-welded destroyer.
Modernizations: 1956, Crescent was converted to type 15 frigate, as given in the table. She has taken fully new silhouette, forecastle was enlarged and new aluminium alloy superstructure fitted.
| Data variant | type 15 frigate |
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Displacement standard, t |
2240 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2850 |
|
Length, m |
103.5 pp 109.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.9 |
|
Draught, m |
4.20 - 4.30 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
40000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
36.75 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
3000 (20) |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL |
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Electronic equipment |
type 278, type 262, type 293 and / or US radars, type 170, type 174 sonar |
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Complement |
195 |
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015