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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|1941 Ranger-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary}}<br />
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|Ship country= United Kingdom<br />
|Ship flag= [[File:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg|60px|RFA Ensign]]<br />
|Ship name= ''Blue Ranger''<br />
|Ship namesake=<br />
|Ship ordered= 28 August 1939<br />
|Ship builder= [[Harland & Wolff]]<ref name=Tom>{{cite book|last1=McCluskie|first1=Tom|title=The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff|date=2013|publisher=The History Press|location=Stroud|isbn=9780752488615|page=147}}</ref><br />
|Ship yard number= 1047<ref name=Tom/><br />
|Ship laid down= 26 October 1939<br />
|Ship launched= 29 January 1941<br />
|Ship completed=6 June 1941<ref name=Tom/><br />
|Ship commissioned= 5 June 1941<br />
|Ship decommissioned=*June 1966<br />
*Laid up at Devonport<br />
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|Ship struck= 1975<br />
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|Ship identification=*{{IMO Number|5046786}}<br />
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|Ship fate=*Sold commercially in January 1972 and renamed ''Korytsa''<br />
*Arrived Aliaga for demolition, 8 September 1987<br />
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|Ship class=[[Ranger class tanker|Ranger-class]] [[Oil tanker|fleet support tanker]]<br />
|Ship displacement= {{Convert|6700|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} full load<br />
|Ship length= {{Convert|365|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}} <br />
|Ship beam= {{Convert|47|ft|m|abbr=on}} <br />
|Ship draught= {{Convert|20|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} <br />
|Ship propulsion=*1 × 6-cylinder B&W diesel<br />
*{{Convert|3500|shp|abbr=on}}<br />
*1 shaft<br />
|Ship speed= {{Convert|13|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} <br />
|Ship range= {{Convert|6000|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{Convert|13|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} <br />
|Ship complement=40<br />
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'''RFA ''Blue Ranger'' (A157)''' was a [[Ranger-class tanker|Ranger-class]] fleet support tanker of the [[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]]. She was launched by Harland & Wolff from their Govan yard on 29 January 1941 and served until June 1966 when she was laid up in reserve at Devonport. In January 1972 she was sold commercially and renamed ''Korytsa''. The ship was scrapped at Aliaga in September 1987.<ref>{{cite web |title=RFA Blue Ranger |url=http://www.historicalrfa.org/rfa-blue-ranger |website=historicalrfa.org |access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref><br />
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