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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Gold Ranger |
| Ordered | 28 August 1939 |
| Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
| Yard number | 389 |
| Laid down | 14 May 1940 |
| Launched | 12 March 1941 |
| Decommissioned |
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| In service | 4 July 1941 |
| Out of service | July 1973 |
| Identification |
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| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Ranger-classfleet support tanker |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 6,700long tons (6,808 t) full load |
| Length | 365 ft 4 in (111.35 m) |
| Beam | 47 ft (14 m) |
| Draught | 22 ft 2 in (6.76 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13knots (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 14.5 kn (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h) |
| Complement | 40 |
RFAGold Ranger (A130) was aRanger-class fleet support tanker of theRoyal Fleet Auxiliary which first served in World War II.
In December, 1949, she supported Operation Corkscrew by providing aviation fuel atDeception Island for aircraft which helped relieve men of theFalkland Islands Dependencies Survey at Base E onStonington Island. She later served in the Korean War, and in support of the atomic tests at Mauro Atoll. She was later employed as a support ship for minesweepers during theIndonesian Confrontation.
In 1972 she brought the expedition members of theJoint Services Egmont Islands Expedition (JSEI) fromGan, Addu Atoll to theEgmont Atoll. Led by Sqn Leader "Dickie" BirdRAF, it was the firstscuba diving expedition in theChagos Archipelago.[1] Following its success, a second expedition was undertaken toDanger Island the following year.[2]
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