HMS ''Redoubt'' was an
R-class destroyer built for the
Royal Navy
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during the Second World War.
Description
''Redoubt'' displaced at
standard load and at
deep load. She had an
overall length of , a
beam of and a deep
draught of . She was powered by two
Parsons geared
steam turbine
A steam turbine or steam turbine engine is a machine or heat engine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work utilising a rotating output shaft. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Par ...
s, each driving one
propeller shaft, using steam provided by two
Admiralty three-drum boiler
Three-drum boilers are a class of water-tube boiler used to generate steam, typically to power Steamship, ships. They are compact and of high evaporative power, factors that encourage this use. Other boiler designs may be more efficient, although ...
s. The turbines developed a total of and gave a maximum speed of . ''Redoubt'' carried a maximum of of
fuel oil
Fuel oil is any of various fractions obtained from the distillation of petroleum (crude oil). Such oils include distillates (the lighter fractions) and residues (the heavier fractions). Fuel oils include heavy fuel oil (bunker fuel), marine f ...
that gave her a range of at . Her complement was 176 officers and
ratings.
The ship was armed with four 45-
calibre 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX guns in single mounts. For
anti-aircraft
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(AA) defence, ''Redoubt'' had one quadruple mount for
QF 2-pdr Mark VIII ("pom-pom") guns and six single
Oerlikon autocannon
An autocannon, automatic cannon or machine cannon is a automatic firearm, fully automatic gun that is capable of rapid-firing large-caliber ( or more) armour-piercing, explosive or incendiary ammunition, incendiary shell (projectile), shells, ...
. She was fitted with two above-water quadruple mounts for
torpedoes. Two
depth charge
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rails and four throwers were fitted for which 70 depth charges were provided.
Construction and career
HMS ''Redoubt'' was built by Clydebank and launched in 1942.
Postwar service
Between 1946 and 1947 ''Redoubt'' was part of the reserve held at Chatham Dockyard, being transferred to the Harwich reserve in August 1947. Between 1948 and 1949 she underwent a refit at Chatham Dockyard. She was transferred to India 4 July 1949, where she was commissioned as INS ''Ranjit'' and allocated the pennant number D209.
In 1953 she took part in the
Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Along with two other former R-class destroyers (''Rajput'' and ''Rana'') she formed part of the 11th destroyer Squadron.
[Blackman, Raymond V B, Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London, p122] She served until 1979, and was scrapped after decommissioning.
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Q and R-class destroyers of the Royal Navy
Ships built on the River Clyde
1942 ships
World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom
R-class destroyers of the Indian Navy