Raider in November 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMSRaider
Builder	Cammell Laird & Company
Launched	1942
Commissioned	16 November 1942
Identification	Pennant number H15
Fate	Sold to India 1948
India
Name	INSRana
Acquired	1948
Commissioned	1949
Decommissioned	1976
Identification	D115
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	1,705long tons (1,732 t) (standard) 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) (deep load)
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	40,000 shp (30,000 kW) 2 ×Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 ×Parsons gearedsteam turbines
Speed	36knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	4,675 nmi (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Sensors & processing systems	Radar Type 290 air warning Radar Type 285 ranging & bearing
Armament	5 × singleQF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk.IX guns 1 × quadrupleQF 2-pdr Mk.VIIIAA guns 6 × singleQF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns 2 × quadruple21-inch torpedo tubes 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70depth charges

HMSRaider was aR-class destroyer built for theRoyal Navy during the Second World War.

Raider displaced 1,705 long tons (1,732 t) atstandard load and 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) atdeep load. She had anoverall length of 358 feet 3 inches (109.2 m), abeam of 33 feet 8 inches (10.3 m) and a deepdraught of 13 feet 6 inches (4.1 m). She was powered by twoParsons gearedsteam turbines, each driving onepropeller shaft, using steam provided by twoAdmiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of 40,000shaft horsepower (30,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36knots (67 km/h; 41 mph).Raider carried a maximum of 470 long tons (480 t) offuel oil that gave her a range of 4,675nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). Her complement was 176 officers andratings.^[1]

The ship was armed with four 45-calibre4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX guns in single mounts. Foranti-aircraft (AA) defence,Raider had one quadruple mount forQF 2-pdr Mark VIII ("pom-pom") guns and six single20-millimetre (0.8 in) Oerlikonautocannon. She was fitted with two quadruple mounts for21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes on the superstructure. Twodepth charge rails and four throwers were fitted for which 70 depth charges were provided.^[2]

HMSRaider was adopted byRomford duringWorld War II as part ofWarship Week. She was launched on 1 April 1942 as the secondRoyal Navy ship to carry the name, previously borne by a destroyer built in 1916 and sold in 1927.^[3]

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 theIndian Navy in 1948, where she was commissioned in 1949 asINSRana (D115). Along with two other former R-class destroyers (Rajput andRanjit) she formed part of the 11th destroyer Squadron.^[5] She was decommissioned in 1976, and scrapped in 1979.^[3]

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