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1941 Ranger-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
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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-classfleet support tanker |
Displacement | 6,700long 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
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Speed | 13knots(15 mph; 24 km/h) |
Range | 6,000nmi(11,000 km) at 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
Complement | 40 |
RFAGray Rangerwas a British fleet support tanker of theRoyal Fleet Auxiliarywhich served in World War II. She was torpedoed and sunk in theGreenland Seaby the GermansubmarineU-435on 22 September 1942 while travelling as part ofConvoy QP 14.[1]
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in September 1942 |
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Shipwrecks |
- 1 Sep:U-756
- 2 Sep:U-222
- 3 Sep:U-162,U-705
- 4 Sep:Kashino,Kaimei Maru
- 5 Sep:USSGregory,USSLittle
- 6 Sep:Anshun
- 7 Sep:HMCSRaccoon
- 8 Sep:USSYP-74
- 9 Sep:USCGCMuskeget,YP-346
- 10 Sep:American Leader,Arno
- 11 Sep:HMCSCharlottetown,Empire Dawn,Yayoi
- 12 Sep:Hektoria,RMSLaconia,U-88
- 13 Sep:Empire Beaumont,Oliver Ellsworth,Oregonian,Stalingrad
- 14 Sep:Atheltemplar,HMSCoventry,Mary Luckenbach,HMCSOttawa,HMSSikh,U-589
- 15 Sep:U-261,USSWasp
- 16 Sep:HMSTalisman,U-457
- 17 Sep:Mae
- 19 Sep:USSO'Brien
- 20 Sep:Empire Hartebeeste
- 21 Sep:U-446
- 22 Sep:RFAGray Ranger
- 23 Sep:HMASSiesta
- 24 Sep:Antinous
- 25 Sep:Empire Bell,HMSSomali,U-253,HMASVoyager
- 26 Sep:I-33,HMSVeteran
- 27 Sep:Stephen Hopkins,Stier,U-165
- 30 Sep:Empire Avocet
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