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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
28 August 1939 |
| Laid down: |
12 October 1939 |
| Launched: |
22 August 1940 |
| Commissioned: |
27 January 1941 |
| Decommissioned: |
April 1973 |
| Fate: |
Sold commercially in July 1973 and renamed PETROLA X1V. Arrived Piraeus for demolition on 24 January 1979. |
| Struck: |
1973 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
6700 tons full load |
| Length: |
365 ft 10 in |
| Beam: |
47 ft 00 in |
| Draught: |
20 ft 02 in |
| Propulsion: |
1 x 6 cyl B & W diesel. 3,500 bhp (2610 kW). Single shaft |
| Speed: |
13 knots (24 km/h). |
| Range: |
6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 13 knots (24 km/h). |
| Complement: |
40 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft: |
None |
| Motto: |
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RFA Black Ranger (A163) was a British diesel-powered fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, built by Harland & Wolff. It served with the Arctic Convoys, and was involved in a collision with the submarine Thule in November 1960. Its role was to refuel the RAF flying boats, and carried 2,600 tons of fuel oil, 550tons of diesel, and 90 tons of petroleum. The Greeks purchased it and renamed it Petrola XIV in 1973.
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