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{{Short description|1943 class of destroyers of the Royal Navy}} {{For|other classes of the same name|C class destroyer (disambiguation){{!}}C class destroyer}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Use British English|date=April 2017}} {|{{Infobox ship begin|sclass=2}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:HMS Croziers 1945 IWM FL 10785.jpg |Ship caption=[[HMS Croziers|HMS ''Croziers'']] on 22 December 1945 }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Builders= |Operators=*{{navy|United Kingdom}} *{{navy|Norway}} *{{naval|Canada|1911}} *{{naval|Pakistan}} |Class before={{sclass2|W and Z|destroyer|4}} |Class after={{sclass2|Weapon|destroyer|4}} |Subclasses=Ca-, Ch-, Co-, Cr- |Built range= |In commission range=1944 - 1972 |Total ships building= |Total ships planned=34 |Total ships completed=32 |Total ships cancelled=2 |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships retired=31 |Total ships preserved=1 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=Ca class<ref name="Lentonv2 p39">Lenton 1970, p. 39.</ref> |Ship type=[[Destroyer]] |Ship displacement=*{{convert|1710|LT|t|abbr=on|lk=in}} [[Displacement (ship)#Standard displacement|standard]] *{{convert|2530|LT|t|abbr=on}} [[Displacement (ship)#Full or deep load or loaded displacement|full load]] |Ship length=*{{convert|362|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|o/a]] *{{convert|339|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} [[length between perpendiculars|pp]] |Ship beam={{convert|35|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|10|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, *Parsons single-reduction geared [[steam turbine]]s, *{{convert|40,000|shp|MW|lk=in|abbr=on}}, 2 shafts |Ship speed=*{{convert|36|kn|abbr=on}} *{{convert|32|kn|abbr=on}} (full load) |Ship range=*{{convert|4675|nmi}} at {{convert|20|kn}} *{{convert|1400|nmi}} at {{convert|32|kn}} |Ship complement=186 (222 as [[flotilla leader|leader]]) |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament= *4 Γ [[QF 4.5 inch Mk I - V naval gun|QF 4.5-inch (113 mm) L/45 Mk IV guns]] on mounts CP Mk.V *2 Γ [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns]] on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV; *4 Γ Single [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk.XVI guns]] *8 (2 Γ 4) tubes for [[British 21 inch torpedo|{{convert|21|inch|mm|adj=on|sigfig=3}} torpedoes Mk.IX]] *80 [[Depth charge]]s<ref name="Conways22 p43"/> |Ship armour= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }}{{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= (Ch-, Co- & Cr- class)<ref name="Lentonv2 p45">Lenton 2000, p. 45.</ref> |Ship displacement=*{{convert|1900|LT|t|abbr=on|0}} standard *{{convert|2535|LT|t|abbr=on}} full load |Ship draught={{convert|10|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*4 Γ QF 4.5-inch (113-mm) L/45 Mk IV guns on mounts CP Mk.V *2 Γ [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns]] on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV; *2 Γ single 2-pounder *2 Γ 20 mm Oerlikon cannon<ref name="Conways22 p43-4">Gardiner and Chesneau 1995, pp. 43β44.</ref> |Ship notes= Other characteristics as per Ca- class }} |} The '''C class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of 32 [[destroyer]]s 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 {{sclass2|Weapon|destroyer}}s 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.
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