Royal Navy — Cruiser
SS Ranpura
- Length
- 166.73 m (547 ft)
- Beam
- 21.64 m (71 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Complement
- 323
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
Service
- December 1939 — 19612,102 days of the war
SS Ranpura
Particulars
- Name
- SS Ranpura
- Builder
- R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company
- Launched
- 13 September 1924
- Commissioned
- December 1939
- Fate
- Broken up in 1961 (1961)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Length
- 166.73 m (547 ft)
- Beam
- 21.64 m (71 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Complement
- 323
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
SS Ranpura was a cruiser in service with the Royal Navy. She was built by R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company. Launched on 13 September 1924, she entered service in December 1939.
She measured 166.7 m (547 ft) long with a beam of 21.6 m (71 ft). Her designed speed was 17 knots, and she carried a complement of 323.
Her main battery was eight 152 mm (6 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,102 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1961.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- quad expansion steam engine
- Armament
- 8 × 6 in (152 mm)
- 2 × 3 in (76 mm) (76.2 mm)
- Armour
- none
Sources
- Facts harvested from SS Ranpura on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.