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 | |
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 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
- "RFA Gray Ranger". Historical RFA. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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| Other incidents |
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1941  1942  1943 August 1942 October 1942 | |
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