class destroyer built royal_navy early 1930s ship initially assigned home_fleet temporarily deployed red_sea indian_ocean crisis crescent sold late renamed stationed west coast canada beginning world war transferred atlantic coast convoy escort duties ship transferred united_kingdom helped evacuate refugees france arrival early june sunk june collision anti aircraft cruiser returning mission design construction crescent displaced long tons standard load long tons deep load ship overall length feet beam feet draught feet inches powered parsons geared steam turbines driving shafts developed total shaft horsepower gave maximum speed knots mph steam turbines provided admiralty drum water tube boilers crescent carried maximum long tons fuel oil gave range nautical miles knots mph ship complement officers men ship mounted calibre inch guns single mounts designated rear anti aircraft defence crescent single inch cwt gun funnels millimetre pounder guns mounted aft end forecastle deck inch gun removed pounders relocated funnels fitted water quadruple torpedo tube mounts inch torpedoes depth charge fitted capacity depth charges world war began increased depth charges delivered rails throwers crescent ordered january naval programme laid december launched september completed april operational history ship commissioned april assigned 2nd destroyer flotilla home fleet crescent collided sister hms chatham july repair august crescent refitted chatham march deploying west indies january march given refit chatham july september crescent detached home_fleet crisis deployed indian_ocean red_sea september april ship returned refitted april june placed briefly reserve transfer sister crescent sold canada october total price refitted meet canadian standards including installation taken february ship renamed commissioned chatham february assigned arrived remained ordered east_coast august world war began september panama canal arrived halifax september sisters employed local escorts ocean convoys sailing halifax november royal_navy north_america took operational control canadian destroyers ship escorted convoy bringing 1st britain way north_atlantic mid december march ordered join caribbean patrols reassigned months later left bermuda britain arrived plymouth june pressed service evacuating allied troops french ports atlantic coast ship aft set torpedo tubes removed replaced inch gun loss june sister cruiser calcutta returning jean rescuing refugees trapped german_army operation rammed calcutta estuary struck forward bridge cruiser bow cut half sank immediately ship crew rescued nearby ships survivors transferred later summer lost vessel sank october result collision freighter
HMS Crescent (1931)