Comet 1945
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| "Ch" group | ||||||
| Chaplet | R52 - D52 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 4/1943 | 18/7/1944 | 8/1945 | BU 11/1965 |
| Charity | D29 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 7/1943 | 30/11/1944 | 11/1945 | to Pakistan 12/1958 (Shah Jehan) |
| Chequers (ex-Champion) | D61 | Scotts, Greenock | 5/1943 | 30/10/1944 | 9/1945 | BU 7/1966 |
| Cheviot | D90 | A. Stephens, Linthouse | 4/1943 | 2/5/1944 | 12/1945 | BU 10/1962 |
| Chevron | R51 - D51 | A. Stephens, Linthouse | 3/1943 | 23/2/1944 | 8/1945 | BU 12/1969 |
| Chieftain | D36 | Scotts, Greenock | 6/1943 | 26/2/1945 | 3/1946 | BU 3/1961 |
| Childers | D91 | Denny, Dumbarton | 11/1943 | 27/2/1945 | 12/1945 | BU 9/1963 |
| Chivalrous | D21 | Denny, Dumbarton | 11/1943 | 22/6/1945 | 5/1946 | to Pakistan 6/1954 (Taimur) |
| "Co" group | ||||||
| Cockade | D34 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 3/1943 | 7/3/1944 | 9/1945 | BU 9/1964 |
| Comet | D26 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 6/1943 | 22/6/1944 | 6/1945 | BU 11/1962 |
| Comus | D20 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 8/1943 | 14/3/1945 | 7/1946 | BU 11/1958 |
| Concord (ex-Corso) | D03 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 11/1943 | 14/5/1945 | 12/1946 | BU 11/1962 |
| Consort | D76 | A. Stephens, Linthouse | 5/1943 | 19/10/1944 | 3/1946 | BU 3/1961 |
| Constance | D71 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | 3/1943 | 22/8/1944 | 12/1945 | BU 3/1956 |
| Contest | D48 | White, Cowes | 11/1943 | 16/12/1944 | 11/1945 | BU 2/1960 |
| Cossack | D57 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | 3/1943 | 10/5/1944 | 9/1945 | BU 3/1961 |
| "Cr" group | ||||||
| Creole | D82 | White, Cowes | 8/1944 | 22/11/1945 | 10/1946 | to Pakistan 6/1958 (Alamgir) |
| Crescent (RCN) | DDE226 | John Brown, Clydebank | 9/1943 | 20/7/1944 | 9/1945 | BU 4/1971 |
| Crispin (ex-Craccher) | D168 | White, Cowes | 2/1944 | 23/6/1945 | 7/1946 | to Pakistan 3/1958 (Jahangir) |
| Cromwell (ex-Cretan) | Scotts, Greenock | 11/1943 | 6/8/1945 | ---// 9/1946 | to Norway before completion 8/1945 (Bergen) | |
| Crown | Scotts, Greenock | 1/1944 | 19/12/1945 | ---// 4/1947 | to Norway before completion 12/1945 (Oslo) | |
| Croziers | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 10/1943 | 19/9/1944 | --- // 11/1945 | to Norway before completion 9/1945 (Trondheim) | |
| Crusader (RCN) | DDE228 | John Brown, Clydebank | 11/1943 | 5/10/1944 | 11/1945 | BU 1965 |
| Crystal | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 1/1944 | 12/2/1945 | --- // 2/1946 | to Norway before completion 8/1945 (Stavanger) | |
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Displacement standard, t |
1710 - 1730 nominal |
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Displacement full, t |
2510 - 2535 |
|
Length, m |
103.5 pp 110.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.9 |
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Draught, m |
4.34 - 4.39 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
40000 |
|
Max speed, kn |
36.75 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 588 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4675(20) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 114/45 QF Mk IV, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors, (2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors or 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom or 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon), 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (35 - 108 DC) |
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Sensors |
presumably type 275, 277, 282, 291 radars, type 123À, 127 sonars |
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Complement |
186 - 222 |
Ship 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: 1946, Creole, Crispin: - 1 x 1 - 114/45 ("B")
late 1940s, most of class: - 1 x 1 - 114/45 ("Y"), 2 x 1 - 40/56 or 2 x 1 - 40/39 or 2 x 2 - 20/70, 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 4 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid DCT
1956, Crescent was converted to type 15 frigate. She has taken fully new silhouette, forecastle was enlarged and new aluminium alloy superstructure fitted.
nearly sister-ship Relentless 1967
| Name | No | Reconstructed | Yard | Fate |
| Crescent (RCN) | DDE226 | 1952 - 1956 | Esquimalt DYd, Canada | BU 4/1971 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2240 |
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Displacement full, t |
2850 |
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Length, m |
103.5 pp 109.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.9 |
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Draught, m |
4.20 - 4.30 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
40000 |
|
Max speed, kn |
36.75 |
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Endurance, nm (at speed, kts) |
3000 (20) |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 16, 1 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 DCT |
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Sensors |
type 278, 262, 293 and / or US radars, type 170, 174 sonar |
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Complement |
195 |
Naval service: No significant events.
Consort 1949
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