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50°58′19″N 4°32′06″W / 50.972°N 4.535°W / 50.972; -4.535 (wrecksite of RFA Green Ranger)

RFA Green Ranger was a Ranger-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

On 24 September 1946, Green Ranger was struck by a torpedo in Portland Harbour, Dorset. Although holed belowe the waterline, she remained afloat.[2] She was wrecked on the Hartland peninsula, on a large rock, called Gunpath Rock, on 17 November 1962. She broke her tow from the tug that was taking her to be refitted in Cardiff, and drifted onto the rocks. Her skeleton crew of seven were rescued by the Hartland Lifesaving Company, with their breeches buoy.[3] The ship became a total loss, and her remains are still visible at low tide.[4]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d Blackman 1962, p. 262.
  2. ^ Arkin, William M.; Handler, Joshua (June 1989). "Naval Accidents 1945 - 1988" (PDF). Greenpeace / Institute for Policy Studies. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. ^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Ships aground in Mortehoe Woolacombe, Devon". Retrieved 14 April 2017.

References

  • Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1962). Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFA_Green_Ranger