HMS Caesar (R07)

HMS Caesar was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered on 16 February 1942. She was originally to be named HMS Ranger but this was changed to Caesar before launch to fit her revised class name. She was the sixth British Warship to have had this name. She was built as a Flotilla Leader with additional accommodation for staff officers.

Wartime service
On commissioning in September 1944 Caesar was allocated to the 7th Destroyer Flotilla for service with the Home Fleet and took part in the Atlantic convoys. In 1945 she was allocated for service in the Far East at the close of the Second World War, but joined the Fleet in Trincomalee after VJ-Day.

Post war service
Following the war Caesar paid off into reserve. Along with other Ca group destroyers, she was selected for modernistion which was completed at Rosyth between 1957 and 1960. Work included a new enclosed bridge and Mark 6M gunnery fire control system, as well as the addition of two triple Squid Anti-Submarine mortars. Following recommissioning, most of her service was in the Far East.

Decommissioning and disposal
Caesar was paid off in June 1965. She was subsequently sold to Hughes Bolckow, arriving at their breaker's yard at Blythe for scrapping on 6th January 1967.

Publications

 * Marriott, Leo, Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allen Ltd, 1989. ISBN 0 7710 1817 0
 * Marriott, Leo, Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allen Ltd, 1989. ISBN 0 7710 1817 0