RFA Green Ranger
50°58′19″N 4°32′06″W / 50.972°N 4.535°W
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Green Ranger |
| Ordered | 28 August 1939 |
| Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee |
| Yard number | 391 |
| Laid down | 23 September 1940 |
| Launched | 21 August 1941[1] |
| In service | 4 December 1941 |
| Out of service | 17 November 1962 |
| Fate | Wrecked on Gunpath Rock, Devon 17 November 1962 |
| Notes | [2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ranger-class fleet support tanker |
| Displacement | 6,700 long tons (6,808 t) full load |
| Length | 355 ft 3 in (108.28 m) o/a[1] |
| Beam | 47 ft (14 m)[1] |
| Draught | 20 ft 2 in (6.15 m)[1] |
| Installed power | 3,500 shaft horsepower (2,600 kilowatts) |
| 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 |
RFA Green Ranger was a Ranger-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
On 24 September 1946, Green Ranger was struck by a torpedo in Portland Harbour, Dorset. Although holed belowe the waterline, she remained afloat.[3] She was wrecked on the Hartland peninsula, on a large rock, called Gunpath Rock, on 17 November 1962. She broke her tow from the tug that was taking her to be refitted in Cardiff, and drifted onto the rocks. Her skeleton crew of seven were rescued by the Hartland Lifesaving Company, with their breeches buoy.[4] The ship became a total loss, and her remains are still visible at low tide.[5]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d Blackman 1962, p. 262.
- ^ "RFA Green Ranger - Historical RFA". historicalrfa.uk. 26 October 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ Arkin, William M.; Handler, Joshua (June 1989). "Naval Accidents 1945 - 1988" (PDF). Greenpeace / Institute for Policy Studies. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Ships aground in Mortehoe Woolacombe, Devon". Retrieved 14 April 2017.
References
[edit]- Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1962). Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
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