HMS Charity (R29)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Charity.
HMS Charity was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company of Woolston, Southampton on 9 July 1943. She was launched on 30 November 1944 and commissioned on 19 November 1945. She was sold to the US Navy in 1958, for transfer to the Pakistan Navy as a part of the Military Aid Program.
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HMS Charity engaged in Operation Fishnet off North Korea, 16 September 1952. | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Charity |
Builder | John I. Thornycroft and Company and Company, Woolston, Southampton |
Laid down | 9 July 1943 |
Launched | 30 November 1944 |
Commissioned | 19 November 1945 |
Out of service | 16 June 1958 |
Identification | Pennant number: R29, changed to D29 |
Honours and awards | Korean War |
Fate | Sold to US Navy for later sale to the Pakistan Navy |
Pakistan | |
Name | PNS Shah Jahan |
Commissioned | 16 December 1958 |
Homeport | Karachi |
Identification | Pennant number: DD-962 |
Honours and awards | Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 |
Fate | Damaged by SS-N-2 missile and scrapped |
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) |
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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 |
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Renamed Shah Jahan, the ship was badly damaged in a strike by Indian Navy missile boats during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971, and scrapped as a result.