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==Ships== ==="Ca" (or 11th Emergency) Flotilla=== This flotilla was authorised under the 1941 Programme. The first pair was ordered from Yarrow on 16 February 1942; the other six were ordered on 24 March, a pair each from John Brown, Scotts and Cammell Laird. However, on 12 August 1942 the contract for the last pair was moved from Cammell Laird to White. Their originally-allocated names were altered to new names beginning with "Ca-" in November 1942. The John Brown pair - ''Caesar'' and ''Cavendish'' - were fitted as Leaders. On completion they formed the 6th Destroyer Flotilla for service in the Home Fleet. At the end of the war in Europe the flotilla was transferred to the East Indies Fleet and the ships arrived on station between August and November 1945, too late to see service against Japan. They remained in the Indian Ocean until May 1946 when they returned home and [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|paid off]] into operational reserve. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;" |+ Ships of the "Ca" (11th Emergency) Flotilla |- !scope="col" |Name !scope="col" |Pennant !scope="col" |Builder <ref name="Whitley p136">Whitley 2000, p. 136.</ref> !scope="col" |Laid Down <ref name="Whitley p136"/> !scope="col" |Launched <ref name="Whitley p136"/> !scope="col" |Commissioned <ref name="Whitley p136"/> !scope="col" |Fate |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Caprice|R01|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Swallow''}}) |R01<br>later D01 |[[Yarrow & Company|Yarrow]], [[Scotstoun]] |28 September 1942 |16 September 1943 |5 April 1944 |Modernised by Yarrow 1959. Paid off March 1973.<ref name="Critv3 p86">Critchley 1982, p. 86.</ref><br> Scrapped 1979 at [[Queenborough]].<ref name="Conway47 p506"/><ref name="Critv3 p86"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Cassandra|R62|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Tourmaline''}}) |R62<br>later D10 |Yarrow, Scotstoun |3 January 1943 |29 November 1943 |28 July 1944 |Modernised by Yarrow 1960. Paid off January 1966.<ref name="Critv3 p87">Critchley 1982, p. 87.</ref><br> Scrapped at [[Inverkeithing]] in 1967.<ref name="Conway47 p506"/><ref name="Critv3 p87"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Caesar|R07|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Ranger''}}) |R07<br>later D07 |[[John Brown & Company|John Brown]], [[Clydebank]] |3 April 1943 |14 February 1944 |5 October 1944 |Modernised 1957-60 at Rosyth. Paid off June 1965.<ref name="Critv3 p90">Critchley 1982, p. 90.</ref><br> Scrapped 1967 at [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]].<ref name="Conway47 p506"/><ref name="Critv3 p90"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Cavendish|R15|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Sibyl''}}) |R15<br>later D15 |John Brown, Clydebank |19 May 1943 |12 April 1944 |13 December 1944 |Modernised 1956. Laid up 1964.<ref name="Critv3 p92">Critchley 1982, p. 92.</ref><br> Scrapped 1967 at Blyth.<ref name="Conway47 p506"/><ref name="Critv3 p92"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Cambrian|R85|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Spitfire''}}) |R85<br>later D85 |[[Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company|Scotts]], [[Greenock]] |14 August 1942 |10 December 1943 |14 July 1944<br>by John Brown {{citation needed|date=January 2014}} |Modernised 1963. Paid off December 1968.<ref name="Critv3 p88">Critchley 1982, p. 88.</ref><br> Scrapped 1971 at [[Briton Ferry]].<ref name="Conway47 p506"/><ref name="Critv3 p88"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Carron|R30|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Strenuous''}}) |R30<br>later D30 |Scotts, Greenock |26 November 1942 |28 March 1944 |6 November 1944 |Modernised August 1955 as Training Ship. Paid off March 1963.<ref name="Critv3 p90"/><br> Scrapped 1967 at Inverkeithing.<ref name="Conway47 p506"/><ref name="Critv3 p90"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Cavalier|R73|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Pellew''}}) |R73<br>later D73 |[[J. Samuel White|White]], [[Cowes]] |28 February 1943 |7 April 1944 |22 November 1944 |Modernised 1957. Paid off July 1972.<ref name="Critv3 p92"/><br> Sold October 1977 to be preserved as a museum ship,<ref name="Critv3 p92"/><br>since 1999 preserved at [[Chatham Historic Dockyard]], [[Kent]]. |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Carysfort|R25|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Pique''}}) |R25<br>later D25 |White, Cowes |12 May 1943 |25 July 1944 |20 February 1945 |Modernised 1956. Paid off February 1969.<ref name="Critv3 p92"/><br> Scrapped 1970 at [[Newport, Wales|Newport]].<ref name="Critv3 p92"/> |} {{notelist|refs= {{efn|name=fldr|[[flotilla leader]]}} }} ==="Ch" (or 12th Emergency) Flotilla=== Six destroyers, the first of 26 'Intermediate' destroyers to be authorised under the 1942 Programme, were ordered on 24 July 1942, a pair each from Thornycroft, Scotts and Alexander Stephen. The fourth pair was originally intended to be ordered from Vickers Armstrongs, Walker-on-Tyne, but instead were ordered from Denny on 30 July. The ''Chequers'' and ''Childers'' were fitted as [[Flotilla leader|Leaders]]. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;" |+ Ships of the "Ch" (12th Emergency) Flotilla |- !scope="col" |Name !scope="col" |Pennant !scope="col" |Builder <ref name="Whitley p136-7">Whitley 2000, pp. 136β137.</ref> !scope="col" |Laid Down <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/> !scope="col" |Launched <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/> !scope="col" |Commissioned <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/> !scope="col" |Fate |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Chaplet|R52|2}} |R52 |[[John I. Thornycroft & Company|Thornycroft]], [[Woolston, Hampshire|Woolston]] |29 April 1943 |18 July 1944 |24 August 1945 |Laid up 1961. Sold for scrapping 1965.<ref name="Crit3 p94">Critchley 1982, p. 94.</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Charity|R29|2}} |R29 |Thornycroft, Woolston |9 July 1943 |30 November 1944 |19 November 1945 |Transferred to [[Pakistan Navy]] as ''Shah Jehan'' 16 December 1958,<ref name="Crit3 p98">Critchley 1982, p. 98.</ref> irreparably damaged by [[Indian Navy]] warships off [[Karachi]] 4 December 1971 and scrapped as a result{{citation needed|reason=Conways 1947β95 (p. 299) mentions nothing of this damage and has ''Shah Jehan'' scrapped 1982.|date=January 2014}} |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Chequers|R61|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}} |R61 |Scotts, Greenock |4 May 1943 |30 October 1944 |28 September 1945 |Laid up 1964, scrapped 1966.<ref name="Crit3 p98"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Chieftain|R36|2}} |R36 |Scotts, Greenock |27 June 1943 |26 February 1945 |7 March 1946 |Scrapped 1961.<ref name="Crit3 p98"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Chevron|R51|2}} |R51 |[[Alexander Stephen & Sons|Alex. Stephen]], [[Linthouse]] |18 March 1943 |23 February 1944 |23 August 1945 |Accommodation ship at Rosyth, scrapped 1969.<ref name="Crit3 p94"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Cheviot|R90|2}} |R90 |Alex. Stephen, Linthouse |27 April 1943 |2 May 1944 |11 December 1945 |Harbour training ship at Rosyth 1960. Sold for scrapping 1962.<ref name="Crit3 p94"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Childers|R91|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}} |R91 |[[William Denny & Brothers|Denny]], [[Dumbarton]] |27 November 1943 |27 February 1945 |19 December 1945 |Laid up 1958. Sold for scrapping 1963.<ref name="Crit3 p98"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Chivalrous|R21|2}} |R21 |Denny, Dumbarton |27 November 1943 |22 June 1945 |13 May 1946 |Transferred to Pakistan Navy on 29 June 1954 as ''Taimur'', scrapped 1961.<ref name="Crit3 p98"/> |} {{notelist|refs= {{efn|name=fldr|[[flotilla leader]]}} }} ==="Co" (or 13th Emergency) Flotilla=== The first four of these destroyers were ordered in August 1942 - ''Comus'' and ''Concord'' on 7th, ''Contest'' on 12th and ''Consort'' on 14th. The remaining four destroyers were ordered on 12 September; ''Constance'' and ''Cossack'' were fitted as Leaders. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;" |+ Ships of the "Co" (13th Emergency) Flotilla |- !scope="col" |Name !scope="col" |Pennant !scope="col" |Builder <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/> !scope="col" |Laid Down <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/> !scope="col" |Launched <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/> !scope="col" |Commissioned <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/> !scope="col" |Fate |- !scope="row"| {{HMS|Comus|R43|2}} | R43 | Thornycroft | 21 August 1943 | 14 March 1945 | 8 July 1946 |Sold for scrapping 1958.<ref name="Critv3 p102">Critchley 1982, p. 102.</ref><ref name="Lentonv2 p44">Lenton 1970, p. 44.</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Concord|R63|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Corso''}}) | R63 | Thornycroft | 18 November 1943 | 14 May 1945 | 20 December 1946 |Harbour Training Ship Rosyth. Sold for scrapping 1962.<ref name="Critv3 p102"/><ref name="Lentonv2 p44"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Contest|R12|2}} | R12 (later D48) | White | 1 November 1943 | 16 December 1944 |9 November 1945 |Sold for scrapping 1960<ref name="Critv3 p102"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Consort|R76|2}} | R76 | Stephen | 26 May 1943 | 19 October 1944 | 19 March 1946 |Sold for scrapping 1961<ref name="Critv3 p101">Critchley 1982, p. 101.</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Cockade|R34|2}} | R34 | Yarrow | 11 March 1943 | 7 March 1944 | 29 September 1945 |Paid off 1958. Sold for scrapping 1964.<ref name="Critv3 p100">Critchley 1982, p. 100.</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Comet|R26|2}} | R26 | Yarrow | 14 June 1943 | 22 June 1944 | 6 June 1945 |Paid off 1958. Sold for scrapping 1962.<ref name="Critv3 p101"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Constance|R71|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}} | R71 | [[Vickers Armstrongs]], [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|Walker]] |18 March 1943 |22 August 1944 |31 December 1945 |Sold for scrapping 1956.<ref name="Critv3 p101"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Cossack|R57|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}} |R57 |Vickers Armstrongs, Walker |18 March 1943 |10 May 1944 | 4 September 1945 |Sold for scrapping 1961.<ref name="Critv3 p100"/> |} {{notelist|refs= {{efn|name=fldr|[[flotilla leader]]}} }} ==="Cr" (or 14th Emergency) Flotilla=== All eight destroyers were ordered on 12 September 1942, two each from John Brown, Yarrow, White and Scotts; the John Brown pair - ''Crescent'' and ''Crusader'' - were fitted as Leaders. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;" |+ Ships of the "Cr" (14th Emergency) Flotilla |- !scope="col" |Name !scope="col" |Pennant !scope="col" |Builder <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/> !scope="col" |Laid Down <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/> !scope="col" |Launched <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/> !scope="col" |Commissioned <ref name="Whitley p136-7"/> !scope="col" |Fate |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Crescent|R16|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}} | R16 | John Brown | 16 August 1943 | 20 July 1944 | 21 August 1945 | To [[Royal Canadian Navy|Canada]] 1945,<ref name="Lentonv2 p48">Lenton 1970, p. 48.</ref> extensive modernisation to anti-submarine Destroyer Escort 1952β56. Scrapped 1971.<ref name="Conways47 p44">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 44.</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Crusader|R20|2}} {{efn|name=fldr}} |R20 | John Brown | 15 November 1943 | 5 October 1944 | 26 November 1945 |To Canada 1945,<ref name="Lentonv2 p48"/> Scrapped 1964.<ref name="Conways47 p41">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 41.</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Croziers|R27|2}} |R27 | Yarrow |26 October 1943 |19 August 1944 |30 November 1945 |To [[Royal Norwegian Navy|Norway]] as {{HNoMS|Trondheim|1946|2}} 1945, sold for scrapping 1961.<ref name="Lentonv2 p48"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Crystal|R38|2}} |R38 | Yarrow |13 January 1944 |12 February 1945 |6 February 1946 |To Norway as {{HNoMS|Stavanger|1946|2}} 1945, scrapped 1967.<ref name="Lentonv2 p48"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Crispin|R68|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Craccher''}}) |R68 |White |1 February 1944 |23 June 1945 |10 July 1946 |To Pakistan as ''Jahangir'' 18 March 1958,<ref name="Critv3 p105">Critchley 1982, p. 105.</ref> scrapped 1982.<ref name="Conways47 p299">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 299.</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Creole|R82|2}} |R82 |White |3 August 1944 |22 November 1945 |14 October 1946 |To Pakistan as ''Alamgir'' 20 June 1958,<ref name="Critv3 p105"/> scrapped 1982.<ref name="Conways47 p299"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Cromwell|R35|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Cretan''}}) |R35 |Scott's |24 November 1943 |6 August 1945 |16 September 1946 |To Norway as {{HNoMS|Bergen|1946|2}} 1946, scrapped 1967.<ref name="Lentonv2 p48"/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Crown|R46|2}} |R46 |Scott's |16 January 1944 |19 December 1945 |17 April 1947 |To Norway as {{HNoMS|Oslo|1946|2}} 1945, scrapped 1968.<ref name="Lentonv2 p48"/> |} {{notelist|refs= {{efn|name=fldr|[[flotilla leader]]}} }} ==="Ce" (or 15th Emergency) Flotilla=== Two ships of this putative flotilla, the last of the 26 "Intermediate"-type destroyers authorised under the 1942 Programme, were ordered on 3 February 1942 from White. These two ships were to be named ''Centaur'' and ''Celt''. However, with the decision to introduce a fresh design of Intermediate destroyer (which became the {{sclass2|Weapon|destroyer|1}} design), the White orders were amended to the new design and the names of the two ships were altered to ''Tomahawk'' and ''Sword'' respectively. ''Tomahawk'' was subsequently renamed again, becoming ''Scorpion'', while ''Sword'' was finally cancelled on 15 October 1945.
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