List of ships of World War II (R)

The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the Second World War, regardless of where they were built or previous service history. Submarines show submerged displacement.[1][2][3][4]

Ships of World War II

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Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Racehorse  Royal Navy R destroyer 1,705 1942 scrapped 8 December 1949
Raider R destroyer 1,705 1942 paid off January 1946
Raimondo Montecuccoli  Regia Marina Montecuccoli light cruiser 3,184 1935 decommissioned 1964
Rainbow  Royal Navy Rainbow submarine 2,060 18 January 1932 Sunk 4 October 1940 in collision
Rajah Ruler escort carrier 11,400 17 January 1944 paid off 7 February 1947, scrapped 1975
Rajputana armed merchant cruiser 16,568 December 1939 sunk 13 April 1941
Raleigh  United States Navy Omaha light cruiser 7,050 6 February 1924 scrapped 1946
Ralph Talbot Bagley destroyer 1,500 14 October 1937 scuttled after A-bomb test, 1948
Ramb I  Regia Marina Armed merchant cruiser 3,667 10 June 1940 sunk 27 February 1941
Ramb II Armed merchant cruiser 3,667 10 June 1940 to Japanese as Calitea II, sunk on 12 January 1945
Ramb III Armed merchant cruiser 3,667 10 June 1940 to Germany 9 September 1943, then in post-war service with the Yugoslav Navy as Galeb
Ramillies  Royal Navy Revenge battleship 29,150 1 September 1917 Decommissioned 31 August 1945, scrapped 1949
Rampur  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Ramsay  United States Navy Wickes minelayer destroyer 1,090 15 February 1919 Decommissioned 19 October 1945, scrapped 1947
Randolph Essex aircraft carrier 27,100 29 June 1944 decommissioned 13 February 1969, scrapped 1975
Ranee  Royal Navy Ruler escort carrier 7,800 2 June 1943 paid off 22 January 1947, scrapped 1973
Ranger  United States Navy Ranger aircraft carrier 14,500 4 June 1934 decommissioned 18 October 1946, scrapped 1947
Ranunculus  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 28 July 1941 returned to Royal Navy 1947
Rapana Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 16,000 July 1943 transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Rotula
Rapid R destroyer 1,705 20 February 1943 sunk as target, 13 September 1981
Ravager Ruler escort carrier 14,630 25 April 1943 paid off February 1946, scrapped 1973
Rawalpindi Armed merchant cruiser 16,697 1 October 1939 Sunk 23 November 1939
Razumny  Soviet Navy Gnevny destroyer 1,695 November 1941 scrapped 1964
Reaper  Royal Navy Ruler escort carrier 7,800 21 February 1944 paid off 2 July 1946, scrapped 1967
Rechinul  Royal Romanian Navy Rechinul submarine 585 9 May 1943 captured by the Soviets in August 1944, scrapped after the war
Redmill  Royal Navy Captain frigate 1,300 30 November 1943 declared total loss 27 April 1945
Redoubt R destroyer 1,705 1 October 1942 transferred to the Indian Navy as Ranjit, 1949; scrapped 1979
Regent Rainbow submarine 2,060 11 November 1930 Sunk 18 April 1943
Regina  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 22 January 1942 sunk on 8 August 1944 by U-667
Regulus  Royal Navy Rainbow submarine 2,060 7 December 1930 Sunk 6 December 1940
Reid  United States Navy Mahan destroyer 1,450 2 November 1936 sunk 11 December 1944
Relentless  Royal Navy R destroyer 1,705 30 November 1942 paid off August 1965
Reno  United States Navy Atlanta light cruiser 6,000 28 December 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1962
Renoncule  Free French Naval Forces Flower corvette 925 28 July 1941 1947
Renown  Royal Navy Renown battlecruiser 32,000 20 September 1916 scrapped 1948
Repulse Renown battlecruiser 32,000 18 August 1916 sunk 10 December 1941
Resolution Revenge battleship 29,150 7 December 1916 scrapped 1949
Restigouche  Royal Canadian Navy C destroyer 1,375 15 June 1938 paid off 6 October 1945
Reuben James  United States Navy Clemson destroyer 1,200 24 September 1920 sunk by U-552, 31 October 1941
Revenge  Royal Navy Revenge battleship 29,150 1 February 1916 scrapped 1948
Rhind  United States Navy Benham destroyer 1,500 10 November 1939 scuttled after A-bomb test 1948
Rhododendron  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 18 October 1940 decommissioned 1947; sold 1950; scrapped 1968
Ribble  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 River frigate 1,445 1944 to Canada 24 July 1944, paid off 11 June 1945
Richelieu  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces		 Richelieu battleship 35,000 15 July 1940 scrapped 1968
Fairfax  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy
 Soviet Navy		 Town destroyer 1,060 26 November 1940 to Canada 1942, to USSR 16 July 1944 as Jivoochyi
Richmond  United States Navy Omaha light cruiser 7,050 2 July 1923 scrapped 1946
Rimouski  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 26 April 1941 paid off 24 July 1945
Rio Grande do Sul  Brazilian Navy Bahia light cruiser 3,100 1910 scrapped 1948
Riquelme  Chilean Navy Serrano destroyer 1,090 Discarded 1963
Rivadavia  Argentine Navy Rivadavia dreadnought 27,720 27 August 1914 scrapped February 1956
Riviere du Loup  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 21 November 1943 2 July 1945
Roberts  Royal Navy Roberts monitor 8,000 27 October 1941 scrapped June 1965
Rocket R destroyer 1,705 4 August 1943 paid off 11 May 1962
Rockrose Flower corvette 925 4 November 1941 to South Africa as Protea, 1947; sold 1962; scrapped 1967
Rockwood Hunt destroyer 1,050 4 November 1942 constructive loss November 1943, scrapped 1946
Rodman  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 29 April 1942 to Taiwan 1955, damaged and struck 1969, destroyed for motion picture 1976
Rodney  Royal Navy Nelson battleship 34,000 10 November 1927 scrapped 1948
Roe  United States Navy Sims destroyer 1,570 5 January 1940 scrapped 1947
Roebuck  Royal Navy R destroyer 1,705 10 June 1943 paid off 1962
Roi  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 6 July 1944 decommissioned 9 May 1946, scrapped 1947
Roma  Regia Marina Littorio battleship 41,000 14 June 1942 sunk 9 September 1943
Rosario  Argentine Navy Rosario gunboat 1,055 1909 Sold 4 December 1959
Rose  Royal Norwegian Navy Flower corvette 925 31 October 1941 to Norway 31 October 1941, sunk 26 October 1944 by Manners
Rosebay  Royal Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 28 July 1943 paid off 20 March 1946
Roselys  French Navy Flower corvette 925 19 September 1941 1947
Rosthern  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 17 June 1941 paid off 19 July 1945
Rotherham  Royal Navy R destroyer 1,705 August 1942 paid off 1945
Rover Rainbow submarine 2,060 29 January 1931 Scrapped 1946
Rowan  United States Navy Benham destroyer 1,500 23 September 1939 sunk 11 September 1943
Roxborough  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy
 Soviet Navy		 Town destroyer 1,060 23 September 1940 to Canada 1942, to USSR 1 August 1944 as Zhyostky
Royal Mount  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 25 August 1944 paid off 17 November 1945
Royal Oak  Royal Navy Revenge battleship 29,150 1 May 1916 sunk 14 October 1939
Royal Sovereign  Royal Navy
 Soviet Navy		 Revenge battleship 29,150 1 February 1916 transferred to USSR as Arkhangelsk 30 May 1944
Rucumilla  Chilean Navy H submarine 441 1917 scrapped 1945
Rudyerd Bay  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 25 February 1944 decommissioned 11 June 1946, scrapped 1960
Runnymede  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 14 June 1944 paid off 19 January 1946
Ruler  Royal Navy Ruler escort carrier 15,390 22 December 1943 paid off 29 January 1946, scrapped 31 May 1946
Russell  United States Navy Sims destroyer 1,570 3 November 1939 scrapped 1947
Ryūhō  Imperial Japanese Navy Ryūhō light aircraft carrier 13,360 31 March 1934 struck 30 November 1945, scrapped 1946
Ryūjō Ryūjō light aircraft carrier 10,600 9 May 1933 sunk 24 August 1942

References
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  2. "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. "Index". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
  4. "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War". The National Archives. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

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