HMS Crusader

Last updated September 22, 2021

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crusader, after the participants in the Medieval Crusades:

HMS Crusader (1909) was a Tribal-class destroyer launched in 1909 and sold in 1920.
HMS Crusader (H60) was a C-class destroyer launched in 1931. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1938 and renamed HMCS Ottawa. She was sunk in 1942.
HMS Crusader (R20) was a destroyer of another Cclass. She was launched in 1944, transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1945 and sold in 1964.

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