HMS Raider (H15)
Raider in November 1942
| |
History | |
---|---|
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Raider |
Builder | Cammell Laird & Company |
Launched | 1942 |
Commissioned | 16 November 1942 |
Identification | Pennant number H15 |
Fate | Sold to India 1948 |
India | |
Name | INS Rana |
Acquired | 1948 |
Commissioned | 1949 |
Decommissioned | 1976 |
Identification | D115 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | R-class destroyer |
Displacement |
|
Length | 358 ft 3 in (109.2 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 35 ft 8 in (10.9 m) |
Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) (deep) |
Installed power |
|
Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 4,675 nmi (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Sensors and processing systems |
|
Armament |
|
HMS Raider was a R-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War.
Description
Raider displaced 1,705 long tons (1,732 t) at
The ship was armed with four 45-
Construction and career
HMS Raider was adopted by Romford during World War II as part of Warship Week. She was launched on 1 April 1942 as the second Royal Navy ship to carry the name, previously borne by a destroyer built in 1916 and sold in 1927.[3]
Postwar service
Raider was placed in Reserve at Devonport in January 1946 and was recommissioned for service in the Mediterranean on 6 May that year. The ship was extensively deployed for Plane Guard duties with aircraft carriers and took part in Fleet exercises. She returned to UK in August 1947 and reduced to Reserve status.[4]
She was subsequently sold to the Indian Navy in 1948, where she was commissioned in 1949 as INS Rana (D115). Along with two other former R-class destroyers (Rajput and Ranjit) she formed part of the 11th destroyer Squadron.[5] She was decommissioned in 1976, and scrapped in 1979.[3]
References
- ^ Lenton, p. 174
- ^ English, p. 51
- ^ a b "HMS Raider, destroyer".
- ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 78
- ^ Blackman, Raymond V B, Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London, p122
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- English, John (2001). Obdurate to Daring: British Fleet Destroyers 1941–45. Windsor, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 978-0-9560769-0-8.
- ISBN 1-86176-137-6.
- ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- Raven, Alan & Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- ISBN 0-87021-326-1.