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HMS Radiant (1916)

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Because of her continued service in the Thai Navy, the destroyer was the last survivor of the Royal Navy's First World War destroyers. She was used as a training ship toward the end of her career, removed from the effective list in 1957, and stricken in 1959.
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and other senior figures donated personally to the finance fund, making this the first publication donation of money to procure a warship in Thailand. The Royal Prince Admiral
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picked up all survivors that could be found. This accounted for twelve officers and sailors, with the losses of 252 officers and men from the three destroyers.
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to negotiate the purchase personally and command the ship during its subsequent voyage from England to Thailand.
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Contrary to a common misconception, the vessel preserved at the Prince Abhakara memorial in Chumphon (
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from April 1917 until February 1919. During the night of 23 December 1917, while escorting of a
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Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919, Ian Allan Publishing, 1972, p. 71.
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She was sold back to Thornycroft on 21 June 1920, who then sold her on to the
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and watched each run true to the target. However, all proved to be duds.
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Pare, Andy. Call the Hands. Lodge Books, 2015, R Class Destroyer, p.126
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before paying off and being laid up in reserve as part of the
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also hit mines, resulting in the three destroyers being lost.
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After the First World War, she was briefly assigned to the
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launched three torpedoes at a destroyer believed to be
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2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun
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Index


Thornycroft

Phra Ruang
R-class
destroyer
long tons
long tons
shaft horsepower
kW
steam turbines
knots
nmi
QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns
76.2 mm (3.00 in)
2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun
21 in (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
R-class
destroyer
First World War
Royal Navy
Royal Thai Navy
Second World War
John I. Thornycroft & Company
Woolston
10th Destroyer Flotilla
Harwich Force
convoy
Holland

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