RFA Green Ranger
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsRFA 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 below the waterline, she remained afloat.<ref name=Neptune3>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name=BC>Template:Cite web</ref> The ship became a total loss, and her remains are still visible at low tide.<ref name="GR">Template:Cite web</ref>
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