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
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load and at
deep load
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. She had an
overall length
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of , a
beam of and a deep
draught of . She was powered by two
Parsons
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geared
steam turbines, each driving one
propeller shaft
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, using steam provided by two
Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of and gave a maximum speed of . ''Redoubt'' carried a maximum of of
fuel oil that gave her a range of at . Her complement was 176 officers and
ratings.
The ship was armed with four 45-
calibre
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4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX guns in single mounts. For
anti-aircraft (AA) defence, ''Redoubt'' had one quadruple mount for
QF 2-pdr Mark VIII ("pom-pom") guns and six single
Oerlikon autocannon. She was fitted with two above-water quadruple mounts for
torpedoes. Two
depth charge 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
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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