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HMS Croziers, 22 December 1945
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Croziers
Laid down	23 October 1943
Launched	19 August 1944
Completed	30 November 1945
Out of service	1945
Identification	Pennant number: R27
Fate	Sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy
History
Norway
Name	Trondheim
Commissioned	1946
Identification	Pennant number: D305
Fate	Removed from active list, May 1961
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 4 × depth charge throwers

HNoMS Trondheim was a C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy as HMS Croziers. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun during 1944 and 1945. On completion she was sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1946 and renamed Trondheim. She was scrapped in 1961.

Operational service

Commissioned too late for service in the Second World War, following sale her pennant number was changed to D305. She was one of four Cr-class destroyers sold to Norway. Unlike many other destroyers of this class, none of the Norwegian ships received any significant upgrades during their operational service.

Trondheim continued to serve in the Royal Norwegian Navy until removed from the active list in 1961.

References

1. Marriott, Leo (1989). Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allan Ltd. p. 67.
2. 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) . 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.
• Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
• Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.

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Ca- class Pellew / Cavalier Pique / Carysfort Ranger / Caesar Sibyl / Cavendish Spitfire / Cambrian Strenuous / Carron Swallow / Caprice Tourmaline / Cassandra Ch- class Champion / Chequers Chaplet Charity Cheviot Chevron Chieftain Childers Chivalrous Co- class Cockade Comet Comus Consort Constance Contest Corso / Concord Cossack Cr- class Craccher / Crispin Creole Crescent Cretan / Cromwell Crown Croziers Crusader Crystal
Other operators  Royal Canadian Navy Crescent Crusader  Royal Norwegian Navy Oslo (ex-Crown) Bergen (ex-Cromwell) Trondheim (ex-Croziers) Stavanger (ex-Crystal)  Pakistan Navy Alamgir (ex-Creole) Jahangir (ex-Crispin) Shah Jahan (ex-Charity) Taimur (ex-Chivalrous)
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