HMS Crispin (R68)

	HMS Crispin in 1946
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Crispin (ex-Craccher)
Builder	J. Samuel White, Cowes
Yard number	1931
Laid down	1 February 1944
Launched	23 June 1945
Commissioned	10 July 1946
Out of service	18 March 1958
Identification	Pennant number: R68, changed to D168
Fate	Sold to the Pakistan Navy
Pakistan
Name	PNS Jahangir
Commissioned	18 March 1958
Homeport	Karachi
Identification	Pennant number:162
Fate	Scrapped 1982
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1,710 tons (standard) 2,520 tons (full)
Length	363 ft (111 m) o/a
Beam	35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m) light; 14.5 ft (4.4 m) full;
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,; Parsons geared steam turbines,; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW), 2 shafts;
Speed	37 knots (69 km/h)
Range	615 tons oil, 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement	186
Armament	4 × QF 4.5 in (114 mm) L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V; 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV; 4 × anti-aircraft mountings;; Bofors 40 mm, single mount Mk.III; QF 2-pdr Mk VIII, single mount Mk.XVI; Oerlikon 20 mm, single mount P Mk.III; Oerlikon 20 mm, twin mount Mk.V; 1 × quadruple tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX; 2 × Squid ASW mortars (after 1956);

HMS Crispin was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by J. Samuel White, Cowes between 1944 and 1946. She was originally to have been named HMS Craccher. She was sold to the Pakistan Navy in 1958 and renamed PNS Jahangir. She was scrapped in 1982.

She was the second Royal Navy ship to be named Crispin. The first HMS Crispin was an ocean boarding vessel that was requisitioned in 1940 and sunk in 1941.

History
HMS Crispin in 1946
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Crispin (ex-Craccher)
Builder	J. Samuel White, Cowes
Yard number	1931
Laid down	1 February 1944
Launched	23 June 1945
Commissioned	10 July 1946
Out of service	18 March 1958
Identification	Pennant number: R68, changed to D168
Fate	Sold to the Pakistan Navy
Pakistan
Name	PNS Jahangir
Commissioned	18 March 1958
Homeport	Karachi
Identification	Pennant number:162
Fate	Scrapped 1982
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1,710 tons (standard) 2,520 tons (full)
Length	363 ft (111 m) o/a
Beam	35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m) light 14.5 ft (4.4 m) full
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW), 2 shafts
Speed	37 knots (69 km/h)
Range	615 tons oil, 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement	186
Armament	4 × QF 4.5 in (114 mm) L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV 4 × anti-aircraft mountings; Bofors 40 mm, single mount Mk.III QF 2-pdr Mk VIII, single mount Mk.XVI Oerlikon 20 mm, single mount P Mk.III Oerlikon 20 mm, twin mount Mk.V 1 × quadruple tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 2 × Squid ASW mortars (after 1956)