Raider in November 1942 |
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| Career (United Kingdom) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Raider (H15) |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird & Company |
| Launched: | 1942 |
| Fate: | Sold to India 1948 |
| Career (India) | |
| Name: | INS Rana (D115) |
| Acquired: | 1948 |
| Commissioned: | 1949 |
| Decommissioned: | 1976 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | R-class destroyer |
HMS Raider (H15) was an R or Rotherham class destroyer adopted by Romford during World War II. The town council still has all of the relevant documents regarding the adoption. The local Sea Cadet Unit was renamed T S Raider.
She was subsequently sold to the Indian Navy in 1948, where she was commissioned in 1949 as INS Rana (D115). She was decommissioned in 1976, and scrapped in 1979.[1]
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