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History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Crane
Namesake	Crane
Builder	Denny, Dunbarton
Laid down	13 June 1941
Launched	9 November 1942
Completed	10 May 1943
Reclassified	As a frigate in 1947
Fate	Broken up July 1965
General characteristics
Class and type	Modified Black Swan-class sloop
Displacement	1,350 tons
Length	299 ft 6 in (91.29 m)
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbines, 2 shafts; 4,300 hp (3.21 MW);
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Range	7,500 nmi (13,900 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement	192
Armament	6 × 4-inch (102 mm) AA guns (3 × 2); 4 × 2-pounder (40 mm) AA pom-poms; 12 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns (6 × 2); 8 x Depth charge throwers, 2 x rails: 110 d/c;
Service record
Operations:	Battle of the Atlantic; Operation Husky; Operation Neptune;
Victories:	2 U-boats (shared)

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HMS Crane, pennant number U23, was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy.

Construction

Crane was ordered on 9 January 1941 under the 1940 Supplementary War Building Programme; she was laid down by Denny at Dunbarton, Scotland, on 21 October 1941. She was launched on 9 November 1942, and commissioned on 10 May 1943.