HMS Charity (R29)

HMS Charity engaged in Operation Fishnet off North Korea, 16 September 1952.
History
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)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m) light 14.5 ft (4.4 m) full
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW), 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 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges 2 × Squid anti-submarine mortars after 1954

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.

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.