RFA Black Ranger
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Class overview | |
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Name | Ranger class |
Builders | |
Operators | ![]() |
Succeeded by | Wave class |
Built | 1940–1941 |
In commission | 1941–1973 |
Completed | 6 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Fleet support tanker |
Displacement | 6,700 long tons (6,808 t) full load |
Length | 365 ft 10 in (111.51 m) |
Beam | 47 ft (14 m) |
Draught | 20 ft 2 in (6.15 m) |
Propulsion |
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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 |
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.
- RFA Black Ranger (A163), built by Harland and Wolff
- RFA Blue Ranger (A157), built by Harland and Wolff
- RFA Brown Ranger (A169), built by Harland and Wolff
- RFA Gold Ranger (A130), built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
- RFA Green Ranger (A152), built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
- RFA Gray Ranger, built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company