Rajput 1960
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Rana (राणा) (ex-Raider) | D115 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK | 4.1941 | 1.4.1942 | 11.1942 // 9.9.1949 | deleted 1979 | |
Ranjit (रणजीत) (ex-Redoubt) | D141 | John Brown, Clydebank, UK | 6/1941 | 2.5.1942 | 10/1942 // 4.7.1949 | deleted 1979 | |
Rajput (राजपूत) (ex-Rotherham) | D209 | John Brown, Clydebank, UK | 4.1941 | 21.3.1942 | 8.1942 // 29.7.1949 | deleted 1976 |
Displacement standard, t |
1725 |
Displacement full, t |
2424 |
Length, m |
103.5 pp 109.2 oa |
Breadth, m |
10.9 |
Draught, m |
4.29 deep load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum diesels |
Power, h. p. |
40000 |
Max speed, kts |
36 |
Fuel, t |
oil 490 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 4675(20) |
Armament |
4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XVIII, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk VII, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 3 DCR (130) |
Electronic equipment |
type 272, type 285, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar |
Complement |
225 |
Project history: All given lattice foremast in place of tripod, new funnel ventilating trunks for tropical service, retubed boilers and new radar prior to transfer. The new top hamper was counterweighted with 30t of permanent pig iron ballast.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Rajput
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