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Ranchi as originally built, with two funnels
History
United Kingdom
Name
Ranchi
Namesake
Ranchi
Owner
Peninsular and Oriental SN Co
Operator
Peninsular and Oriental SN Co (1925–39, 1943–53)
Royal Navy (1939–43)
Port of registry
Newcastle
Builder
Hawthorn Leslie & Co, Hebburn
Yard number
534
Launched
24 January 1925
Reclassified
armed merchant cruiser (1939),
troop ship (1943)
Identification
UK official number 148130
code letters KSTQ (until 1933)
call sign GLKW (1934 onwards)
pennant number F15 (1939–43)
Fate
Scrapped at Newport, Wales, 1953
General characteristics
Class and type
P&O "R" Class
Type
Ocean liner
Tonnage
16,738 GRT
8,850 NRT (until 1938)
8,827 NRT (1939 onward)
Length
548.5 ft (167.2 m)
Beam
71.3 ft (21.7 m)
Depth
43.2 ft (13.2 m)
Decks
3
Propulsion
quadruple-expansion steam engines
low-pressure steam turbines
twin screws
Speed
17.5 kn (32.4 km/h)
Sensors and processing systems
wireless direction finding
Armament
as AMC:
8 × BL 6 inch Mk XII naval guns
2 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns
Notes
sister ships:
Ranpura, Rajputana, Rawalpindi
SS Ranchi was Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company "R"-class steam ocean liner that was built in 1925 and scrapped in 1953. From 1939 to 1943 she was the Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser HMS Ranchi.
From 1943 to 1947 she was a troop ship for the Ministry of War Transport and post-war Ministry of Transport.
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