| HMCS Crusader (R20) | |
|---|---|
 HMCS Crusader underway | |
| Career (Canada) |   |
| Name: | HMCS Crusader |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company |
| Launched: | 4 Oct 1944 |
| Acquired: | 26 Nov 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 26 Nov 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 Jan 1960 |
| Motto: | By this sign we conquer.[1] |
| Honours and awards: | Korea, 1952-53[2] |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1964 |
| Badge: | Azure, a crusader's shield bearing in the first canton a maple leaf gules for Canada[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | C-class |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1730 tonnes |
| Length: | 326.75 feet |
| Beam: | 35.66 feet |
| Draught: | 11.5 feet |
| Speed: | 31 kts |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 230 crew |
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.[4] She was sold for scrap in 1964.
Notes[]
- ↑ Arbuckle 1987, p. 34.
- ↑ HMS Crusader
- ↑ Arbuckle 1987, p. 34.
- ↑ Indelible Memories: Canadian Sailors In Korea 1950-55 a Retrospective Look at the Korean war
References[]
Arbuckle, J. Graeme. Badges of the Canadian Navy. Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing, 1987. ISBN 0-920852-49-1.
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