Thursday, January 15, 2009


HMS Ranee RPX2. At Malta 12 Dec 1945

HMS Ranee
Commissioned:
8 November 1943
Decommissioned:
22 January 1947
Fate:
Sold as a merchant ship; scrapped 1975
General characteristics
Class and type:
Bogue class escort carrier
Displacement:
7,800 tons
Length:
495 feet 8 inches (151.1 m)
Beam:
69 feet 6 inches (21.2 m)
Draught:
26 feet (7.9 m)
Speed:
18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
890 officers and men
Armament:
2 × 5 in (130 mm) guns20 × twin 40 mm Bofors
Aircraft carried:
24

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