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Commissioned at Chatham on 21 April, 1932 for service with the {{UK-DF|2}} of the Home Fleet.{{NLJul34|p. 227}}
 
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''Crescent'' and her sister, {{UK-Cygnet}} were sold to Canada on 20 October 1936, ''Crescent'' becoming '''H.M.C.S. ''Fraser'''''.
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Renfrew Gotto|nick=Renfrew Gotto|appt=5 February, 1932{{NavAppts|Wednesday, February 3, 1932, Issue 46047, p.18}}|end=mid 1932}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Renfrew Gotto|nick=Renfrew Gotto|appt=5 February, 1932{{NavAppts|Wednesday, February 3, 1932, Issue 46047, p.18}}|end=mid 1932}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Frank Pilkington Wood|nick=Percy F. P. Wood|appt=11 May, 1932{{NavAppts|Wednesday, April 27, 1932, Issue 46118, p.6}}{{NLJul34|p. 227}}|end=31 August, 1934{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Frank Pilkington Wood|nick=Percy F. P. Wood|appt=11 May, 1932{{NavAppts|Wednesday, April 27, 1932, Issue 46118, p.6}}{{NLJul34|p. 227}}|end=31 August, 1934{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Malcolm Farquhar|nick=Malcolm Farquhar|appt=31 August, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 226}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Malcolm Farquhar|nick=Malcolm Farquhar|appt=31 August, 1934<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/182.|}} f. 182.</ref>{{NLOct35|p. 226}}|ass=13 August, 1934<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/182.|}} f. 182.</ref>|end=16 June, 1936<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/182.|}} f. 182.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommCA}}|name=Wallace Bourchier Creery|nick=Wallace B. Creery|appt=1 September, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|4362}}|end=25 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4362}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Fraser''}}
 
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Latest revision as of 16:37, 14 January 2022

H.M.S. Crescent (1931)
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow
Launched: 29 Sep, 1931[1]
Commissioned: 21 Apr, 1932[2]
Collision: 25 Jun, 1940[3]
H.M.S. Crescent was one of fourteen "C" and "D" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Chatham on 21 April, 1932 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[4]

Crescent and her sister, Cygnet were sold to Canada on 20 October 1936, Crescent becoming H.M.C.S. Fraser.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 226.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 227.
  5. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, February 3, 1932, Issue 46047, p.18.
  6. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, April 27, 1932, Issue 46118, p.6.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 227.
  8. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/182. f. 182.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 226.
  10. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/182. f. 182.
  11. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. Uboat.net page on the ship.


"C" and "D" Class Destroyer
"C" Class Leader
  Kempenfelt  
Destroyers
  Comet Crescent Crusader Cygnet  
"D" Class Leader
  Duncan  
Destroyers
  Dainty Daring Decoy Defender  
  Delight Diamond Diana Duchess  
<– "A" and "B" Class Destroyers (UK) "E" and "F" Class –>