HMS Creole (R82)
 HMS Creole with deckhouse in place of 'B' Turret, 1947
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Creole |
| Builder | White, Cowes |
| Laid down | 3 August 1944 |
| Launched | 22 November 1945 |
| Commissioned | 14 October 1946 |
| Out of service | 1956 |
| Identification | Pennant number: R82, changed to D82 |
| Fate | Sold to the Pakistan Navy |
| History | |
 Pakistan | |
| Name | PNS Alamgir |
| Commissioned | 1958 |
| Homeport | Karachi |
| Identification | Pennant number:160 |
| 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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HMS Creole was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by J. Samuel White, Cowes between 1944 and 1946. She was sold to the Pakistan Navy in 1958 and renamed PNS Alamgir. She was scrapped in 1982.
Commissioned too late for service in the
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[2]
In 1954 both ships were laid up in reserve.
Creole was sold to the
Military Assistance Program.[4]
Alamgir continued to serve in the Pakistan Navy until scrapped in 1982.
References
- ^ Marriott, Leo (1989). Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allan Ltd. pp. 67.
- ^ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15 June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
- ISBN 0-9506323-9-2.
- ^ a b Blackman, Raymond V B (ed.). Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 194.
Publications
- 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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