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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
28 August 1939 |
| Laid down: |
26 October 1939 |
| Launched: |
29 January 1941 |
| Commissioned: |
5 June 1941 |
| Decommissioned: |
June 1966. Laid up at Devonport. |
| Fate: |
Sold commercially in January 1972 and renamed KORYTSA. Arrived Alliaga for demolition on 8 September 1987. |
| Struck: |
1972 |
| 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 Blue Ranger (A157) was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
