HMS Creole (R82)

	HMS Creole with deckhouse in place of 'B' Turret, 1947
History
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)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m) light; 14.5 ft (4.4 m) full;
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,; Parsons geared steam turbines,; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW), 2 shafts;
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
Armament	4 × QF 4.5 in (114 mm) L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V; 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV; 4 × anti-aircraft mountings;; Bofors 40 mm, single mount Mk.III; QF 2-pdr Mk VIII, single mount Mk.XVI; Oerlikon 20 mm, single mount P Mk.III; Oerlikon 20 mm, twin mount Mk.V; 1 × quadruple tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX; 2 × Squid ASW mortars (after 1956);

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.

History in the Royal Navy

Commissioned too late for service in the Second World War, her pennant number was soon changed to D82. Along with HMS Crispin 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 Londonderry Port. 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

Creole was sold to the Pakistan Navy on 29 February 1956 and renamed Alamgir.^[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 in 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]

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
^ Critchley, Mike (1982). British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. p. 98. 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

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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[1] Marriott, Leo (1989). Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allan Ltd. pp. 67.

[2] Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15 June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden

[3] Critchley, Mike (1982). British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. p. 98. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2.

[blackman-4] Blackman, Raymond V B (ed.). Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 194.

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