HMS Raider (1916)

HMS Raider was the second of a class of sixty two R-class destroyers. The ship was launched on 17 July 1916 and served with the Grand Fleet of the Royal Navy during World War I. The ship was sold to be scrapped on 29 April 1927.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Raider.
Two R-class destroyers, sistership HMS Rob Roy in the foreground
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Raider
Builder: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend
Yard number: 1007
Laid down: 25 October 1915
Launched: 17 July 1916
Commissioned: 1 November 1916
Decommissioned: 29 April 1927
Fate: Sold to be broken up
General characteristics
Class and type: R-class destroyer
Displacement:
Length: 265 ft (80.8 m) p.p.
Beam: 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m)
Draught: 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Propulsion:
  • 3 Brown-Curtis boilers
  • 2 geared Parsons steam turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed: 36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range: 3,440 nmi (6,370 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement: 82
Armament:
  • 3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX
  • 1 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun
  • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2)

Design
Main article: R-class destroyer

Raider was originally ordered by the British Admiralty in May 1915 as part of the Sixth War Construction Programme as one of eighteen M-class destroyers. However, the ship was equipped with geared turbines and became the second prototype for the R-class.[1]

The ship was 265 feet (80.77 m) long between perpendiculars, with a beam of 26 feet 7 inches (8.10 m) and a draught of 9 feet 8 inches (2.95 m). Displacement was 975 long tons (991 t) normal and 1,035 long tons (1,052 t) deep load. Power was provided by three Yarrow boilers feeding two Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines rated at 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000 kW) and driving two shafts, to give a design speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph).[2] Three funnels were fitted. 296 long tons (301 t) of oil were carried, giving a design range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).[3]

Armament consisted of three 4 in (100 mm) Mk IV QF guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised platform and one between the second and third funnels. A single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun was carried, while torpedo armament consisted of two twin mounts for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes.[2] Fire control included a single Dumaresq and a Vickers range clock.[4] The ship had a complement of 82 officers and men.[3]

Service

Raider was laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend on the River Tyne in October 1915 and launched in July 1916.[1] On commissioning, Raider joined the newly created 15th Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet.[5]

Raider remained part of the 15th Destroyer Flotilla at the end of the war.[6] After the Grand Fleet was disbanded, the ship was recommissioned with Reduced Complement on 20 November 1919 and based at Harwich.[7]

The destroyer was sold to G Cohen on 29 April 1927 to be broken up at Grays.[8]

References
  1. Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the First World War. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
  2. Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 81. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  3. Parkes, Oscar; Prendegast, Maurice (1918). Jane’s Fighting Ships. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 107.
  4. "Fire Control in H.M. Ships". The Technical History and Index: Alteration in Armaments of H.M. Ships during the War. 3 (23): 31. 1919.
  5. "Destroyer Flotillas of the Grand Fleet". The Navy List: 12. October 1916. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. "Destroyer Flotillas of the Grand Fleet". The Navy List: 12. July 1918. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  7. "Raider". The Navy List: 851. July 1920. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  8. Colledge, J.J. (1987). Ships of the Royal Navy : The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 329.

Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
  • Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  • March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.
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