List of ships of the Second World War (R)

This is a list of ships of the Second World War ships starting with R. ^[1][2][3][4] Submarines show submerged displacement. Dates are year_month_day to allow ordering. Click on headers to sort column alphabetically.

Ship	Country	Class	Type	Displacement (tons)	First commissioned	Fate
Racehorse	Royal Navy	R	destroyer	1,705	1942	scrapped 8 December 1949
Raider	Royal Navy	R	destroyer	1,705	1942	paid off January 1946
Raimondo Montecuccoli	Regia Marina	Montecuccoli class light cruiser		3,184	1935	decommissioned 1964
Rajah	Royal Navy	Ruler	escort carrier	11,400	17 January 1944	paid off 7 February 1947, scrapped 1975
Rajputana	Royal Navy	Armed merchant cruiser		16,568	December 1939	sunk 13 April 1941
Raleigh	USA	Omaha class light cruiser		7,050	6 February 1924	scrapped 1946
Ralph Talbot	United States Navy	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	Regia Marina	Armed merchant cruiser		3,667	10 June 1940	Taken over by the Japanese and renamed "Calitea II" - sunk on 12 January 1945 by US
Ramb III	Regia Marina	Armed merchant cruiser		3,667	10 June 1940	Taken over by the Germans 9 September 1943, then in post-war service with the Yugoslav Navy
Ramillies	Royal Navy	Revenge	battleship	29,150	1 September 1917	Decommissioned 31 August 1945, scrapped 1949
Ramsay	United States Navy	Wickes	minelayer destroyer	1,090	15 February 1919	Decommissioned 19 October 1945, scrapped 1947
Randolph	United States Navy	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		aircraft carrier	14,500	4 June 1934	decommissioned 18 October 1946, scrapped 1947
Ranunculus	Royal Navy	Flower	corvette	925
Rapana	Royal Navy	Rapana	merchant aircraft carrier	16,000	July 1943	transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Rotula
Rapid	Royal Navy	R	destroyer	1,705
Ravager	Royal Navy	Ruler	escort carrier	14,630	25 April 1943	paid off February 1946, scrapped 1973
Rawalpindi	Royal Navy	Armed merchant cruiser		16,697	1 October 1939	Sunk 23 November 1939
Razumny	Soviet Navy	Gnevny	destroyer	1695	1941	foundered 1960s
Reaper	Royal Navy	Ruler	escort carrier	7,800	21 February 1944	paid off 2 July 1946, scrapped 1967
Rechinul	Romania	Rechinul-class submarine		680 submerged	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	Royal Navy	R	destroyer	1,705	1942
Regina	Royal Canadian Navy	Flower	corvette	925	22 January 1942	sunk on 8 August 1944 by U-667
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	USA	Atlanta class light cruiser		6,000	28 December 1943	decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1962
Renoncule	French Navy	Flower	corvette	925	28 July 1941	1947
Renown	Royal Navy	Renown battlecruiser		32,000	20 September 1916	scrapped 1948
Repulse	Royal Navy	Renown battlecruiser		32,000	18 August 1916	sunk 10 December 1941
Resolution	Royal Navy	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
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
Richmond	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	USA	Omaha class 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	Royal Navy	Bahia class light cruiser		3,100	1910	scrapped 1948
Riquelme	Chile	Serrano	destroyer	1,090		Discarded 1963
Rivadavia	Argentina	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 class monitor		8,000	27 October 1941	scrapped June 1965
Rocket	Royal Navy	R	destroyer	1,705	4 August 1943	paid off 11 May 1962
Rockrose	Royal Navy	Flower	corvette	925	4 November 1941
Rockwood	Royal Navy	Hunt	destroyer escort	1,050		constructive loss November 1943
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
Roma	Regia Marina	Littorio	battleship	41,000	14 June 1942	sunk 9 September 1943
Rosario	Argentina	Rosario-class gunboat		1,055		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
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
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	Imperial Japanese Navy		aircraft carrier	10,600	9 May 1933	sunk 24 August 1942

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