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HMS Chivalrous (R21)

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Name
  
HMS Chivalrous

Launched
  
22 June 1945

Out of service
  
29 June 1954

Laid down
  
9 July 1943

Commissioned
  
13 May 1946

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Identification
  
Pennant number R21, changed to D21

Builder
  
William Denny and Brothers

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.

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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. She saw service, along with other Royal Navy ships in preventing illegal immigration into Palestine in 1947.

History in the Pakistan Navy

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

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. 

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