Royal Navy — Cruiser
F15
SS Ranchi
P&O "R" Class
Service
- as Ranchi? — 19532,193 days of the war
P&O "R" Class
Particulars
- Name
- SS Ranchi
- Pennant / hull number
- F15
- Namesake
- Ranchi
- Builder
- Hawthorn Leslie & Co, Hebburn
- Launched
- 24 January 1925
- Fate
- Scrapped at Newport, Wales, 1953 (1953)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Length
- 167.18 m (548.5 ft)
- Beam
- 21.73 m (71.3 ft)
- Speed
- 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h, 20.1 mph)
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
SS Ranchi was a cruiser of the P&O "R" Class in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number F15. The ship was named after Ranchi. She was built by Hawthorn Leslie & Co, Hebburn. She was launched on 24 January 1925.
She measured 167.2 m (548 ft) long with a beam of 21.7 m (71 ft). Her designed speed was 17.5 knots. Her main battery was of 152 mm (6.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1953.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- quadruple-expansion steam engines
- low-pressure steam turbines
- twin screws
- Armament
- as AMC:
- 8 × BL 6 inch Mk XII naval guns
- 2 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from SS Ranchi on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons