RFA Gray Ranger

History
RFA EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameGray Ranger
Ordered28 August 1939
BuilderCaledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
Laid down28 June 1940
Launched27 May 1941
Commissioned25 September 1941
FateSunk, 22 September 1942
General characteristics
Class & typeRanger-class fleet support tanker
Displacement6,700 long tons (6,808 t) full load
Length365 ft 4 in (111.35 m)
Beam47 ft (14 m)
Draught22 ft 2 in (6.76 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × 4-cylinder Doxford diesel
  • 2,800 shp (2,100 kW)
  • 1 shaft
Speed13 knots (15 mph; 24 km/h)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h)
Complement40

RFA Gray Ranger was a British fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary which served in World War II. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Greenland Sea by the German submarine U-435 on 22 September 1942 while travelling as part of Convoy QP 14.[1]

References

  1. ^ "RFA Gray Ranger". Historical RFA. Retrieved 26 November 2015.

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