HMS Raider (1916)

Two R-class destroyers, sister ship Rob Roy in the foreground
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Raider
Builder	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend
Yard number	1007
Laid down	October 1915
Launched	17 July 1916
Completed	October 1916
Decommissioned	29 April 1927
Fate	Sold to be broken up
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	975 long tons (991 t) (normal) 1,065 long tons (1,082 t) (deep load)
Length	265 ft (80.8 m) p.p. 276 ft (84.1 m) (o.a.)
Beam	26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Propulsion	Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts
Speed	36 kn (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	82
Armament	3 × single QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns 1 × single 2 pdr 40 mm (1.6 in) AA gun 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Raider was the second of a class of sixty two R-class destroyers operated by the Royal Navy. Launched in 1916, the vessel served with the Grand Fleet during World War I. The destroyer was built as part of the preceding M-class but was equipped with geared turbines which improved efficiency and increased range. The ship was involved in anti-submarine patrols, but did not sink any German submarines. After the war, the destroyer initially moved to Harwich and was briefly stationed in Ireland after the Irish Civil War. In 1923, the Navy decided to retire the older destroyers in the fleet and, although initially spared, Raider was decommissioned and sold to be broken up in 1927.