RFA Brown Ranger (A169)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Career RFA Ensign
Ordered: 28 August 1939
Laid down: 27 October 1939
Launched: 12 December 1940
Commissioned: 11 April 1941
Decommissioned: November 1974. Laid up at Devonport.
Fate: Demolition began at Gijon on 28 May 1975
Struck: 1975
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:
Aircraft: None
Motto:

RFA Brown Ranger (A169) was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.During WW2 she played an important role in the Malta Convoys and in Pacific operations,