HMS Chivalrous (R21)

HMS Chivalrous on completion on the River Clyde, 1946
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Chivalrous
Builder:	Denny, Dumbarton
Laid down:	9 July 1943
Launched:	22 June 1945
Commissioned:	13 May 1946
Out of service:	29 June 1954
Identification:	Pennant number: R21, changed to D21
Honours and awards:	Korean War
Fate:	Sold to US Navy for later sale to the Pakistan Navy
History
Pakistan
Name:	PNS Taimur
Commissioned:	1954
Homeport:	Karachi
Fate:	Returned to the Royal Navy and scrapped 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
Installed power:	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion:	Parsons geared steam turbines, 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 in (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges

HMS Chivalrous was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched by Denny, Dumbarton on 22 June 1945. She was sold to the US Navy in 1954, for transfer to the Pakistan Navy as a part of the Military Aid Program. She was scrapped in 1961.

History in the Royal Navy

Commissioned too late for service in the Second World War, her pennant number was soon changed to D21 from R21. She formed part of the 14th (later 1st) Destroyer Squadron for service in the Mediterranean.^[1] She saw service, along with other Royal Navy ships in preventing illegal immigration into Palestine in 1947.^[2]

History in the Pakistan Navy

Chivalrous was sold to the Pakistan Navy on 29 June 1954 and renamed Taimur.^[3] She was returned to the Royal Navy and scrapped in 1961.^[4]

References

1. Marriott, Leo (1989). Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allen Ltd. p. 63.
2. Stewart, Ninian (2002). The Royal Navy and the Palestine Patrol. Routledge.
3. Critchley, Mike (1982). British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. p. 98. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2.
4. 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) [1969]. 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. OCLC 67375475.
• Marriott, Leo (1989). Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allen Ltd. ISBN 0-7110-1817-0.