| "C" Class
Fleet Destroyers |
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| Name |
Pennant |
Builder |
Launched |
Status |
| Kempenfelt * |
D18 |
White |
29 Oct 1931 |
To RCN as Assinboine,
Lost Nov. 1945 |
| Comet |
H00 |
Clydebank |
30 Sept. 1931 |
To RCN as Restigouche,
Scrapped Nov. 1945 |
| Cresent |
H48 |
Vickers Armstrong |
29 Sept. 1931 |
To RCN as Fraser,
Lost 28 June 1940 |
| Crusader |
H60 |
Portsmouth |
30 Sept. 1931 |
To RCN as Ottowa,
Lost 14 Sept. 1942 |
| Cygnet |
H83 |
Vickers Armstrong |
29 Sept. 1931 |
To RCN as St.
Laurent, Scrapped 9 Nov. 1945 |
* - Flotilla Leader
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| 1:600 "C" class. An unusual feature was
that the bridge atop wheelhouse and the directors atop
chart/wireless room structures were not joined. Also, the
designed 3" AA gun, which had no real fire arc
between the funnels, was soon replaced by two sided
pom-poms. © Andrew Arthur. |
Larger "B" class, to secure a wider
radius of action and include a 3" AA gun in the armament (
subsequentely removed ). More ower was thus installed than
before, and so was asdic and a rack for 6 (!) DC's, because
destroyer sweeps were also carried.
The whole small class was trasferred to the RCN in 1936, and
therefore modifications after that are outwith this site.
| Picture of
"C" class Destroyers |
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| Kempenfelt, "C"
class leader, in 1932. 3" gun fired from the housing
between the funnels. |
| Dimensions |
| Full
Displacement |
1880
tons ( Flotilla Leader 1900 tons ) |
Length |
329' |
| Empty Displacement |
1375 tons ( Flotilla
Leader 1400 tons ) |
Beam |
33' |
| Load |
505
tons ( Flotilla Leader 500 tons ) |
Draft |
8.5' ( Flotilla
Leader 8.75' ) |
| Performance
& Propulsion |
| Machinery |
4 x Admirality 3
drum boilers, 2 x Parsons Steam Turbines @ 36000 hp |
| Speed |
35.5
kts |
| Armament &
Complement |
| Complement |
145 Officers &
Ratings, Flotilla Leaders 165 |
| Armament |
- Gun
- 4 x 1 x
4.7" DP
- 1 x 1 x
3" AA ( early )
- 2 x 1 x 2
pdr pom-pom AA
- 2 x 4 x
0.5" MG AA
- Torpedoes
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