HMCS Crusader

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Crusader.

HMCS Crusader underway
History
United Kingdom
NameCrusader
Ordered12 September 1942
BuilderJohn Brown & Company
Laid down15 November 1943
Launched4 October 1944
IdentificationPennant number R20
FateTransferred to Canada 1945, permanently in 1951
Canada
NameCrusader
Acquired26 November 1945
Commissioned26 November 1945
Decommissioned15 January 1960
IdentificationR20/228
MottoBy this sign we conquer.[2]
Honours and
awards		Korea, 1952–53[1]
FateSold for scrap, 1964
BadgeAzure, a crusader's shield bearing in the first canton a maple leaf gules for Canada[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeC-class destroyer
Displacement1730 tonnes
Length326.75 ft (99.59 m)
Beam35.66 ft (10.87 m)
Draught11.5 ft (3.5 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 2 Parsons single reduction geared turbines,
  • 40,000 shp (30,000 kW), 2 shafts
Speed
  • 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
  • 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) full load
Range
  • 4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
  • 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement14 officers, 230 crew
Armament

HMCS Crusader was a C-class destroyer originally ordered by the Royal Navy in 1942 and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1946. During the Korean War she was the leading ship in the legendary Trainbuster's Club, destroying five North Korean trains in total.[citation needed] She was sold for scrap in 1964.

  1. ^ "HMS Crusader (1945)". Britain's Navy. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b Arbuckle 1987, p. 34.
  3. ^ Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, pp. 43–44.