RN Destroyers: C Class 1943

[jbryce1437]

This C Class of destoyers were launched between 1943 and 1945 and were ordered as part of the War Emergency Programme. A total of 32 ships were built as four flotillas of eight ships per flotilla, split into the "Ca", "Ch", "Co" and "Cr" groups or sub-classes, and ordered as the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Emergency Flotillas respectively.
The 1tth Flotilla comprised HMS Caprice, HMS Cassandra, HMS Caesar, HMS Cavendish, HMS Cambrian, HMS Carron, HMS Cavalier and HMS Carysfort.
The 12th Flotilla comprised HMS Chaplet, HMS Charity, HMS Chequers, HMS Cheiftain, HMS Chevron, HMS Cheviot, HMS Childers and HMS Chivalrous.
The 13th Flotilla comprised HMS Comus, HMS Concord, HMS Contest, HMS Consort, HMS Cockade, HMS Comet, HMS Constance and HMS Cossack.
The 14th Flotilla comprised HMS Crescent, HMS Crusader, HMS Croziers, HMS Crystal, HMS Crispin, HMS Creole, HMS Cromwell and HMS Crown.
All of the ships built for the 14th Flotilla were commissioned into other navies, Canada getting Crescent and Crusader, Pakistan getting Crispin and Creole and Norway getting the other four.
Post war, the "Ca" Flotilla were modernised in the 1950's and 60's, whilst the others were less extensively modernised.
Most were scrapped in the 1960's and 70's, but HMS Cavalier survives as a Museum Ship at Chatham Historic Dockyard:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Historic_Dockyard

C Class Destroyers in the post war 6th Destroyer Flotilla

6th DF C Class 1957[1].jpg

[Pelican]

A very good book on the C class is:
C CLASS DESTROYERS by Harold Cox 1994 ISBN No. 0 9523332 0 1

[timlewin]

We joined the Navy to see the "Cs"...

[timlewin]

few more from the C archive...

[timlewin]

about all I have...

[ivorthediver]

Well done Tim and thanks for letting us share these again , always welcome and feels fresher and more relaxing than the last display cabinet were used to .

We are all chuffed to bits with the new Forum which in time will beat the old one by a long chalk ....I'm sure I echo all the old school on here .

[Pelican]

CHEQUERS & CAVALIER
The photo is of 1 Mess, the Comms Mess, in Chequers 1951. The micks are stowed horizontal because the netting was not big enough for normal vertical stowing. Being leader there were more of us than the mess was designed for.
The following links lead to photos of Cavalier now in Chatham dockyard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVaG3jb37tg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoLt4iB9rEo

[timlewin]

A couple here that I am sure Pelican sent me, the dry dock ones. A couple of matelots in sarongs, which I still like to wear in summer, and one of TTL back in the day.

[timlewin]

forgot to add that during that commission in Chequers Prince Philip was #1 and the Queen came to visit Malta, she presented new colours as you seen in the snap, on the old parade ground. Here is the only other I have. TTL is standing ramrod stiff in the back of the group, sword in hand.

[timlewin]

the picture of Chevron entering Monte Carlo is interesting as in the background is the yacht belonging to Onassis (??) which I believe was converted from a RN frigate (river, loch, bay?) someone will know for sure!