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	1,705 long 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 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	Radar Type 290 air warning; Radar Type 285 ranging & bearing;
Armament	5 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk.IX guns; 1 × quadruple QF 2-pdr Mk.VIII AA guns; 6 × single QF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns; 2 × quadruple 21-inch torpedo tubes; 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges;

HMS Raider was a R-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War.

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