RFA Green Ranger information

History
United Kingdom
Name	Green Ranger
Ordered	1939
Builder	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Launched	21 August 1941
Out of service	17 November 1962
Fate	Wrecked on Gunpath Rock, Devon 17 November 1962
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
Beam	47 ft (14 m)
Draught	20 ft 2 in (6.15 m)
Propulsion	1 × 6-cylinder B&W diesel; 3,500 shp (2,600 kW); 1 shaft;
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

50°58′19″N 4°32′06″W / 50.972°N 4.535°W / 50.972; -4.535 (wrecksite of RFA Green Ranger)

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.^[2] 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.^[3] The ship became a total loss, and her remains are still visible at low tide.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Blackman 1962, p. 262.
^ 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.

[jfs62_p292-1] Blackman 1962, p. 262.

[Neptune3-2] Arkin, William M.; Handler, Joshua (June 1989). "Naval Accidents 1945 - 1988" (PDF). Greenpeace / Institute for Policy Studies. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

[BC-3] Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

[GR-4] "Ships aground in Mortehoe Woolacombe, Devon". Retrieved 14 April 2017.

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History

United Kingdom
Name	Green Ranger
Ordered	1939
Builder	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Launched	21 August 1941^[1]
Out of service	17 November 1962
Fate	Wrecked on Gunpath Rock, Devon 17 November 1962
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]
Propulsion	1 × 6-cylinder B&W diesel 3,500 shp (2,600 kW) 1 shaft
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