HMCS Crusader

	HMCS Crusader underway
History
United Kingdom
Name	Crusader
Ordered	12 September 1942
Builder	John Brown & Company
Laid down	15 November 1943
Launched	4 October 1944
Identification	Pennant number R20
Fate	Transferred to Canada 1945, permanently in 1951
Canada
Name	Crusader
Acquired	26 November 1945
Commissioned	26 November 1945
Decommissioned	15 January 1960
Identification	R20/228
Motto	By this sign we conquer.
Honours and; awards	Korea, 1952–53
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1964
Badge	Azure, a crusader's shield bearing in the first canton a maple leaf gules for Canada
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1730 tonnes
Length	326.75 ft (99.59 m)
Beam	35.66 ft (10.87 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.5 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2 Parsons single reduction geared turbines,; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW), 2 shafts;
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph); 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) full load;
Range	4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph); 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph);
Complement	14 officers, 230 crew
Armament	4 × QF 4.5 in (114 mm) L/45 Mk IV guns on mounts CP Mk.V; 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV;; 2 × single 2-pdr Mk VIII; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannon; 4 (1 × 4) tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX;

HMCS Crusader was a C-class destroyer originally ordered by the Royal Navy in 1942 and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1946. During the Korean War she was the leading ship in the legendary Trainbuster's Club, destroying five North Korean trains in total. She was sold for scrap in 1964.

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