RFA Gray Ranger

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]

History
United Kingdom
Name: Gray Ranger
Ordered: 28 August 1939
Builder: Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
Laid down: 28 June 1940
Launched: 27 May 1941
Commissioned: 25 September 1941
Fate: Sunk, 22 September 1942
General characteristics
Class and type: Ranger-class fleet support tanker
Displacement: 6,700 long tons (6,808 t) full load
Length: 365 ft 4 in (111.35 m)
Beam: 47 ft (14 m)
Draught: 22 ft 2 in (6.76 m)
Propulsion:
  • 1 × 4-cylinder Doxford diesel
  • 2,800 shp (2,100 kW)
  • 1 shaft
Speed: 13 knots (15 mph; 24 km/h)
Range: 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h)
Complement: 40

References

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


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