Ranger-class tanker

{{Short description|Class of six fleet support tankers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary}}

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{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}

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|Ship image= File:RFA Black Ranger A163.JPG

|Ship caption=RFA Black Ranger

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{{Infobox ship class overview

|Name=Ranger class

|Builders=*Harland & Wolff

|Operators= File:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg Royal Fleet Auxiliary

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|Class after=Wave class

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|Built range=1940–1941

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|In commission range=1941–1973

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|Total ships completed=6

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|Ship type= Fleet support tanker

|Ship displacement= {{convert|6700|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full load

|Ship length= {{convert|365|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam= {{convert|47|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship draught= {{convert|20|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=*1 × 6-cylinder B&W diesel, {{convert|3500|shp|abbr=on}} or 1 × 4-cylinder Doxford diesel, {{convert|2800|shp|abbr=on}}

  • 1 shaft

|Ship speed= {{convert|13|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}}

|Ship range= {{convert|6000|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|13|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}}

|Ship complement=40

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The Ranger-class tanker was a series of six fleet support tankers built for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom.

  • {{ship|RFA|Black Ranger|A163}}, built by Harland & Wolff
  • {{ship|RFA|Blue Ranger|A157}}, built by Harland and Wolff
  • {{ship|RFA|Brown Ranger|A169}}, built by Harland and Wolff
  • {{ship|RFA|Gold Ranger|A130}}, built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
  • {{ship|RFA|Green Ranger|A152}}, built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
  • {{ship|RFA|Gray Ranger}}, built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company

See also

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133927/http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Postwar/RFA/ranger.htm Ranger Class Attendant Tankers]

{{Ranger-class tankers}}

Ranger

Category:Auxiliary replenishment ship classes