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==="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]]}} }}
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