50°58′19″N 4°32′06″W / 50.972°N 4.535°W / 50.972; -4.535 (wrecksite of RFA Green Ranger)
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| Name | Green Ranger |
| Ordered | 1939 |
| Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee |
| Launched | 21 August 1941[1] |
| Out of service | 17 November 1962 |
| Fate | Wrecked on Gunpath Rock, Devon 17 November 1962 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ranger-class fleet support tanker |
| Displacement | 6,700 long tons (6,808 t) full load |
| Length | 355 ft 3 in (108.28 m) o/a[1] |
| Beam | 47 ft (14 m)[1] |
| Draught | 20 ft 2 in (6.15 m)[1] |
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| Speed | 13knots (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
| Complement | 40 |
RFA Green Ranger was a Ranger-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
On 24 September 1946, Green Ranger was struck by a torpedoinPortland Harbour, Dorset. Although holed belowe the waterline, she remained afloat.[2] She was wrecked on the Hartland peninsula, on a large rock, called Gunpath Rock, on 17 November 1962. She broke her tow from the tug that was taking her to be refitted in Cardiff, and drifted onto the rocks. Her skeleton crew of seven were rescued by the Hartland Lifesaving Company, with their breeches buoy.[3] The ship became a total loss, and her remains are still visible at low tide.[4]
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