Name Brown Ranger Yard number 1048 Completed 11 April 1941 Construction started 27 October 1939 Draft 6.1 m | Ordered 28 August 1939 Laid down 28 October 1939 Commissioned 10 April 1941 Launched 12 December 1940 Builder Harland and Wolff | |
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RFA Brown Ranger (A169) was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
During World War II it played an important role in the Malta Convoys and in Pacific operations. It was moored at Gan, Addu Atoll in the Maldives, and was used to refuel Royal Navy ships when traversing the Indian Ocean. It also saw service during the Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953, along with 18 other RFAs and was awarded the Korea 1950-52 Battle Honour.
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