HMS Raider (H15)
 Raider in November 1942 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Raider |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird & Company |
| Launched: | 1942 |
| Identification: | pennant number H15 |
| Fate: | Sold to India 1948 |
| Career (India) |  |
| Name: | INS Rana |
| Acquired: | 1948 |
| Commissioned: | 1949 |
| Decommissioned: | 1976 |
| Identification: | D115 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | R-class destroyer |
HMS Raider was an R or Rotherham-class destroyer 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.[1]
The town council still has all of the relevant documents regarding the adoption. The local Sea Cadet Unit was renamed T S Raider.
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.[2]
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.[3] She was decommissioned in 1976, and scrapped in 1979.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-53R-Raider.htm
- ↑ Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 78
- ↑ Blackman, Raymond V B, Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London, p122
- ↑ http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-53R-Raider.htm
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
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