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 |
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| 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
edit- ^ "RFA Gray Ranger". Historical RFA. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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