"R" class Utility Destroyers
 
Name Pennant Builder Completed Fate
Rotherham* H09 John Brown 27/8/42 To RIN 1949 as Rajput
Racehorse H11 John Brown 30/10/42 Scrapped 1949
Raider H15 Cammell Laird 16/11/42 To RIN 1949 as Rana
Rapid H32 Cammell Laird 20/2/43 Expended as target 3/9/81
Redoubt H41 John Brown 1/10/42 To RIN 1949 as Ranjit
Relentless H85 John Brown 30/11/42 Scrapped 1971
Rocket H92 Scotts 4/8/43 Scrapped 1967
Roebuck H95 Scotts 10/6/43 Scrapped 1968

* = Flotilla Leader

1:600 view of the "R" class 'as launched' standard. © Andrew Arthur.
Raider had a pole mast aft for HF/DF, the 20mm guns around the searchlight replaced by 40mm Bofors, and SW.273 at masthead. © Andrew Arthur.
Roebuck had her RDF in place of the searchlight, and retained the 20mm AA fit. © Andrew Arthur.

Repeats of the "Q" class, but were internally arranged, with officers accomodation being moved forward, and the RDF and Huff-duff ( HFDF ) offices being built into the bridge and not just appendages aft of it. Roebuck was unfortunate in that an air raid prematurely set off the launching gear, and she launched, sank and lay submerged until recovered and completed 9 months later.
As completed, 4 mortars, two rails and 70 DC's were carried, and AR type 285 was carried on the HA/DCT and AW type 290 at the mastheads. Twin 20mm's replaced the earlier single in the wings.
Rotherham, Racehorse and Raider had the searchlight and 20mm cannon amidships removed, and a platform for 4 single 40mm Bofors and SW type 272 RDF was fitted, and Raider also carried two extra 20mm Oerlikons on the aft shelter deck, but lost 30 DC's in compensation.The SW radar was carried on the foremast in others
AW type 292/293 later replaced the earlier type.

Dimensions
Full Displacement 2425 tons Length 358.25'
Empty Displacement 1705 tons Beam 35.75'
Load 720 tons Draft 9.5'

 

Performance & Propulsion
Machinery 2 x Admirality 3 drum boilers, 2 x Parsons geared steam rurbines @ 40000 hp
Speed 36 kts, 32 kts full Range 7675 nm @ 20 kts.

 

Armament & Complement
Complement 176 Officers & Ratings,  237 in Flotilla Leaders
Armament
Designed
  • Gun
    • 4 x 1 x 4.7" LA
    • 1 x 4 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
    • 6 x 1 x 20mm Oerlikon AA later;
    • 4 x 1 x & 2 x 2 x 20mm Oerlikon AA
    • 2 x 1 x 0.303" MG AA
  • Torpedoes
    • 2 x 4 x 21" tubes
  • ASW
    • 4 x DC lobbers
    • 2 x DC rails
    • 70 x DC
Rotherham,
Raider,
Rocket
  •  
  • Gun
    • 4 x 1 x 4.7" LA
    • 1 x 4 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
    • 4 x 1 x 40mm Bofors AA
    • 2 x 1 x & 2 x 2 x 20mm Oerlikon AA
    • further 2 x 2 x 20mm Oerlikon AA in Raider
    • 2 x 1 x 0.303" MG AA
  • Torpedoes
    • 2 x 4 x 21" tubes
  • ASW
    • 4 x DC lobbers
    • 2 x DC rails
    • 70 x DC
 
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