HMS Crispin (R68)
HMS Crispin was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by J. Samuel White, Cowes between 1944 and 1946. She was originally to have been named HMS Craccher. She was sold to the Pakistan Navy in 1958 and renamed PNS Jahangir. She was scrapped in 1982.
 HMS Crispin in 1946 | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Crispin (ex-Craccher) |
| Builder | J. Samuel White, Cowes |
| Yard number | 1931 |
| Laid down | 1 February 1944 |
| Launched | 23 June 1945 |
| Commissioned | 10 July 1946 |
| Out of service | 18 March 1958 |
| Identification | Pennant number: R68, changed to D168 |
| Fate | Sold to the Pakistan Navy |
 Pakistan | |
| Name | PNS Jahangir |
| Commissioned | 18 March 1958 |
| Homeport | Karachi |
| Identification | Pennant number:162 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1982 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | C-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,710 tons (standard) 2,520 tons (full) |
| Length | 363 ft (111 m) o/a |
| Beam | 35.75 ft (10.90 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 37 knots (69 km/h) |
| Range | 615 tons oil, 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Complement | 186 |
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She was the second Royal Navy ship to be named Crispin. The first HMS Crispin was an ocean boarding vessel that was requisitioned in 1940 and sunk in 1941.
History in the Royal Navy
Commissioned too late for service in the Second World War, her pennant number was soon changed to D168. Along with HMS Creole she was the only 'Cr' group ship to see service with the Royal Navy. The rest served with another navies. Both served with the 3rd Training Squadron based in Derry. Both ships had their 'B' gun turret removed in 1948 and replaced with a deckhouse.[1] In 1953 she took part in the Coronation Review of the Fleet to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[2] In 1954 both ships were laid up in reserve.
History in the Pakistan Navy
Crispin was sold to the Pakistan Navy on 29 February 1956 and renamed Jahangir.[3] Before being transferred she was given a refit by Thornycroft at Woolston. As part of this refit the gun turret was reinstated in 'B' position. The gun at 'X' position was removed and replaced by two Squid anti-submarine mortars.[4] She was formally handed over to the Pakistan Navy at Southampton on 18 March 1958. The refit and transfer was made under a US contract and transferred to the Pakistan Navy as part of the Military Assistance Program.[4]
Jahangir continued to serve in the Pakistan Navy until scrapped in 1982.
References
- Marriott, Leo (1989). Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allan Ltd. p. 67.
- Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15 June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
- Critchley, Mike (1982). British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. p. 98. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2.
- Blackman, Raymond V B (ed.). Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 194.
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Marriott, Leo (1989). Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN 0-7110-1817-0.
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