HMS Caesar (R07)

Caesar upon completion, October 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	Caesar
Ordered	16 February 1942
Builder	John Brown, Clydebank
Laid down	3 April 1943 as Ranger
Launched	12 February 1944
Completed	3 October 1944
Commissioned	17 July 1944
Renamed	Renamed Caesar before launch
Identification	Pennant number: R07 initially, but changed to D07 in 1945
Motto	Veni, vidi vici
Honours and awards	Glorious First of June 1794 - Cut of Gibraltar 1801 - Strachan's Action 1805 - Basque Roads 1809 - Walcheren 1809 - Baltic 1854
Fate	Sold for scrap, 13 December 1966
Badge	On a Field Blue, the head of Caesar, gold
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1,730 long tons (1,760 t) (standard)
Length	362 ft 9 in (110.6 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.9 m)
Draught	14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) (full load)
Installed power	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	222
Armament	4 × single 4.5 in (114 mm) DP guns 1 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA gun 2 × twin and 2 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 4 throwers and 2 racks for 108 depth charges

HMS Caesar was one of thirty-two C-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, a member of the eight-ship Ca sub-class. Commissioned in 1944, she was built as a flotilla leader with additional accommodation for staff officers. The ship was assigned to Home Fleet during 1944–1945 and escorted one Arctic convoy as well as the capital ships of the fleet.