HMS Creole (R82)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Creole.

HMS Creole with deckhouse in place of 'B' Turret, 1947
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Creole
BuilderWhite, Cowes
Laid down3 August 1944
Launched22 November 1945
Commissioned14 October 1946
Out of service1956
IdentificationPennant number: R82, changed to D82
FateSold to the Pakistan Navy
History
Pakistan
NamePNS Alamgir
Commissioned1958
HomeportKarachi
IdentificationPennant number:160
FateScrapped 1982
General characteristics
Class and typeC-class destroyer
Displacement1,710 tons (standard) 2,520 tons (full)
Length363 ft (111 m) o/a
Beam35.75 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
Speed37 knots (69 km/h)
Range615 tons oil, 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement186
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)
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