C-class destroyer (1943)

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HMS Croziers on 22 December 1945
Class overview
Operators	Royal Navy  Royal Norwegian Navy  Royal Canadian Navy  Pakistan Navy
Preceded by	W and Z class
Succeeded by	Weapon class
Subclasses	Ca-, Ch-, Co-, Cr-
In commission	1944 - 1972
Planned	34
Completed	32
Cancelled	2
Retired	31
Preserved	1
General characteristics Ca class[1]
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,710 long tons (1,740 t) standard 2,530 long tons (2,570 t) full load
Length	362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) o/a 339 ft 6 in (103.48 m) pp
Beam	35 ft 9 in (10.90 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.05 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (30 MW), 2 shafts
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) 32 kn (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)
Complement	186 (222 as leader)
Armament	4 × QF 4.5-inch (113 mm) L/45 Mk IV guns on mounts CP Mk.V 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV; 4 × Single QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk.XVI guns 8 (2 × 4) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 80 Depth charges[2]
General characteristics (Ch-, Co- & Cr- class)[3]
Displacement	1,900 long tons (1,930 t) standard 2,535 long tons (2,576 t) full load
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Armament	4 × QF 4.5-inch (113-mm) L/45 Mk IV guns on mounts CP Mk.V 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV; 2 × single 2-pounder 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannon[4]
Notes	Other characteristics as per Ca- class

The C class was a class of 32 destroyers of the Royal Navy that were launched from 1943 to 1945. The class was built in four flotillas of 8 vessels, the "Ca", "Ch", "Co" and "Cr" groups or sub-classes, ordered as the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Emergency Flotillas respectively. The sub-class names are derived from the initial 2 letters of the member ships' names, although the "Ca" class were originally ordered with a heterogeneous mix of traditional destroyer names. A fifth flotilla, the "Ce" or 15th Emergency Flotilla, was planned but were cancelled in favour of the Weapon-class destroyers after only the first two ships had been ordered. The pennant numbers were all altered from "R" superior to "D" superior at the close of World War II; this involved some renumbering to avoid duplications.