HMCS Fraser
Sunk
Royal Navy, then Royal Canadian Navy
| Type | Destroyer |
|---|---|
| Class | C |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 4 × 4.7″ guns |
Service
| to 1937 | Crescent | |
| from 1937 | Fraser Bought by Canada |
C-class destroyer bought from Britain in 1937 as Crescent. Helping evacuate troops from the French Biscay coast, she was cut in two in a collision with the cruiser Calcutta in the Gironde estuary on the night of 25 June 1940; 47 of her crew were killed.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- 4 × 1 - QF 4.7-inch Mk IX guns
- 1 × 1 - QF 3-inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun
- 2 × 1 - QF 2-pounder Mk II AA guns
- 2 × 4 - 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × depth charges, 3 chutes
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 1 December 1930 |
| Launched | 29 September 1931 |
| Commissioned | 21 April 1932 |
| Displacement | 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) (standard) 1,865 long tons (1,895 t) (deep) |
| Length | 329 ft (100.3 m) o/a |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Complement | 145 |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.
Launched as HMS Crescent
29 September 1931
Renamed HMCS Fraser
February 1937 · Bought by Canada
Fate
Sunk
Sunk in a collision with HMS Calcutta, 25 June 1940