NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Crescent	DDE226		John Brown, Clydebank, UK	9.1943	20.7.1944	9.1945	BU 4.1971
Crusader	DDE228		John Brown, Clydebank, UK	11.1943	5.10.1944	11.1945	BU 1965

Technical data

Data variant	as completed	type 15 frigate
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
Max speed, kts	36.75	36.75
Fuel, t	oil 588
Endurance, nm(kts)	4675(20)	3000 (20)
Armament	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)	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 and / or US radars, type 170, type 174 sonar
Complement	186 - 222	195

Standard scale images

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

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

Naval service

No significant events.