Allied Warships

HMS Raider (H 15)

Destroyer of the R class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassR 
PennantH 15 
Built byCammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) 
OrderedMay 1940 
Laid down16 Apr 1941 
Launched1 Apr 1942 
Commissioned16 Nov 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to India in 1949 being renamed Rana.

 

Commands listed for HMS Raider (H 15)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Kenneth Walter Michell, RN6 Oct 194230 Oct 1944
2Lt.Cdr. John Cecil Cartwright, DSC, RN30 Oct 1944late 1945

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British destroyers & frigates

Norman Friedman


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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