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Consort 1949 Many thanks to Borys Estrin for additional information on this page.  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate	Modification
Chaplet	R52, 1948- D52	4048	Thornycroft, Woolston	4/1943	18/7/1944	8/1945	BU 11/1965	"Ch" group
Charity	R29, 1948- D29	4049	Thornycroft, Woolston	7/1943	30/11/1944	11/1945	to Pakistan 12/1958 (شاہ جہاں )	"Ch" group
Chequers (ex-Champion)	R61, 1948- D61	615	Scotts, Greenock	5/1943	30/10/1944	9/1945	BU 7/1966	"Ch" group
Cheviot	R90, 1948- D90	600	A. Stephens, Linthouse	4/1943	2/5/1944	12/1945	BU 10/1962	"Ch" group
Chevron	R51, 1948- D51	599	A. Stephens, Linthouse	3/1943	23/2/1944	8/1945	BU 12/1969	"Ch" group
Chieftain	R36, 1948- D36	617	Scotts, Greenock	6/1943	26/2/1945	3/1946	BU 3/1961	"Ch" group
Childers	R91, 1948- D91	1379	Denny, Dumbarton	11/1943	27/2/1945	12/1945	BU 9/1963	"Ch" group
Chivalrous	R21, 1948- D21	1380	Denny, Dumbarton	11/1943	22/6/1945	5/1946	to Pakistan 6/1954 (تیمر )	"Ch" group
Cockade	R34, 1948- D34	1822	Yarrow, Scotstoun	3/1943	7/3/1944	9/1945	BU 9/1964	"Co" group
Comet	R26, 1948- D26	1823	Yarrow, Scotstoun	6/1943	22/6/1944	6/1945	BU 11/1962	"Co" group
Comus	R43, 1943- D20	4040	Thornycroft, Woolston	8/1943	14/3/1945	7/1946	BU 11/1958	"Co" group
Concord (ex-Corso)	R63, 1948- D03	4051	Thornycroft, Woolston	11/1943	14/5/1945	12/1946	BU 11/1962	"Co" group
Consort	R76, 1948- D76	601	A. Stephens, Linthouse	5/1943	19/10/1944	3/1946	BU 3/1961	"Co" group
Constance	R71, 1948- D71	64	Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne	3/1943	22/8/1944	12/1945	BU 3/1956	"Co" group
Contest	R12, 1948- D48	1930	White, Cowes	11/1943	16/12/1944	11/1945	BU 2/1960	"Co" group
Cossack	R57, 1948- D57	63	Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne	3/1943	10/5/1944	9/1945	BU 3/1961	"Co" group
Creole	R82, 1948- D82	1932	White, Cowes	8/1944	22/11/1945	10/1946	to Pakistan 6/1958 (عالمگیر )	"Cr" group
Crescent (RCN)	R16, 1948- D16, 1951- DDE226	607	John Brown, Clydebank	9/1943	20/7/1944	9/1945	BU 4/1971	"Cr" group
Crispin (ex-Craccher)	R68, 1948- D168	1931	White, Cowes	2/1944	23/6/1945	7/1946	to Pakistan 3/1958 (جہانگیر )	"Cr" group
Cromwell (ex-Cretan)	R35	618	Scotts, Greenock	11/1943	6/8/1945	9/1946 // ---	to Norway before completion 8/1945 (Bergen)	"Cr" group
Crown	R46	619	Scotts, Greenock	1/1944	19/12/1945	4/1947 // ---	to Norway before completion 12/1945 (Oslo)	"Cr" group
Croziers	R20	1824	Yarrow, Scotstoun	10/1943	19/9/1944	11/1945 // ---	to Norway before completion 9/1945 (Trondheim)	"Cr" group
Crusader (RCN)	R20, 1948- D120, 1951- DDE228	608	John Brown, Clydebank	11/1943	5/10/1944	11/1945	BU 1965	"Cr" group
Crystal	R38	1825	Yarrow, Scotstoun	1/1944	12/2/1945	2/1946 // ---	to Norway before completion 8/1945 (Stavanger)	"Cr" group

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	36.75
Endurance, nm(kts) (at speed, kts)	---	3000 (20)
Max speed, kts, kn	---	36.75
Displacement standard, t	1710 - 1730 nominal	2240
Displacement full, t	2510 - 2535	2850
Length, m	103.5 pp 110.6 oa	103.5 pp 109.2 oa
Breadth, m	10.9	10.9
Draught, m	4.34 - 4.39	4.20 - 4.30
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	40000	40000
Fuel, t	oil 588
Endurance, nm(kts)	4675(20)
Armament	1945: 4 x 1 - 114/45 QF Mk IV, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk VIII/IX, (2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III or 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII or 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV), 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (35 - 108 DC) 1946:  4 x 1 - 114/45 RP.50 Mk V, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Hazemeyer Mk IV, (2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III or 2 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII or 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V), 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (35 - 108)	1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar	type 278, type 262, type 293 or US-made radars, type 170, type 174 sonars, UA-3 ECM suite
Complement	186 - 222	195

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Ship project history

"Са" 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

1/1946: 4 x 1 - 114/45 RP.50 Mk V, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Hazemeyer Mk IV, (2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III or 2 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII or 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V), 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (108)

1946, Creole, Crispin: - 1 x 1 - 114/45 ("B")

late 1940s, most of class: - 1 x 1 - 114/45 ("Y"), 2 x 1 - 40/60 or 2 x 1 - 40/39 or 2 x 2 - 20/70, 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL, type 147B sonar

1956, Crescent was converted to type 15 frigate. She has taken fully new silhouette, forecastle was enlarged and new aluminium alloy superstructure fitted.