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Phra Ruang 1921

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
พระร่วง [Phra Ruang] (ex-Radiant)			Thornycroft, Woolston, UK	12.1915	25.11.1916	2.1917 // 9.1920	stricken 7.1959

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1035
Displacement full, t	1208
Length, m	83.6
Breadth, m	8.30
Draught, m	2.70
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	27000
Max speed, kts	36
Fuel, t	oil 296
Endurance, nm(kts)	3440(15)
Armament	3 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, 2 x 2 - 533 TT
Complement	82

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Project history

Former British destroyer Radiant. She concerned to R type, but was built under special design of Thomycroft. On trials ship reached 39.67kts. After the First World War she was sold by Admiralty to builder, which 21.6.1920 resold ship to Siam. In September, 1920 destroyer arrived to Siam and was renamed Phra Ruang.

Modernizations

1940s: + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Naval service

In days of Second World War Phra Ruang was used mainly as TS. She was stricken in July, 1959, but long time was used as training hulk. In 2000 the hulk was still afloat.