RFA Gray Ranger

1941 Ranger-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
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 and 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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Ranger-class tankers
  • Black Ranger
  • Blue Ranger
  • Brown Ranger
  • Gold Ranger
  • Green Ranger
  • Gray Ranger
  • Followed by: Wave class
  • Tankers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in September 1942
Shipwrecks
  • 1 Sep: U-756
  • 2 Sep: U-222
  • 3 Sep: U-162, U-705
  • 4 Sep: Kashino, Kaimei Maru
  • 5 Sep: USS Gregory, USS Little
  • 6 Sep: Anshun
  • 7 Sep: HMCS Raccoon
  • 8 Sep: USS YP-74
  • 9 Sep: USCGC Muskeget, YP-346
  • 10 Sep: American Leader, Arno
  • 11 Sep: HMCS Charlottetown, Empire Dawn, Yayoi
  • 12 Sep: Hektoria, RMS Laconia, U-88
  • 13 Sep: Empire Beaumont, Oliver Ellsworth, Oregonian, Stalingrad
  • 14 Sep: Atheltemplar, HMS Coventry, Mary Luckenbach, HMCS Ottawa, HMS Sikh, U-589
  • 15 Sep: U-261, USS Wasp
  • 16 Sep: HMS Talisman, U-457
  • 17 Sep: Mae
  • 19 Sep: USS O'Brien
  • 20 Sep: Empire Hartebeeste
  • 21 Sep: U-446
  • 22 Sep: RFA Gray Ranger
  • 23 Sep: HMAS Siesta
  • 24 Sep: Antinous
  • 25 Sep: Empire Bell, HMS Somali, U-253, HMAS Voyager
  • 26 Sep: I-33, HMS Veteran
  • 27 Sep: Stephen Hopkins, Stier, U-165
  • 30 Sep: Empire Avocet
Other incidents
  • 2 Sep: U-626
  • 3 Sep: USS Wakefield
  • 8 Sep: USS Wakefield
  • 10 Sep: Kuroshio Maru
  • 13 Sep: USS S-31
  • 15 Sep: USS O'Brien
  • 20 Sep: HMS Somali
  • 23 Sep: HMAS Voyager
  • 28 Sep: USS Snapper

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