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.RFA Gold Ranger (A130) was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary which first served in World War II.
In December, 1949, she supported Operation Corkscrew by providing aviation fuel atDeception Island for aircraft which helped relieve men of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey at Base E on Stonington Island. She later served in the Korean War, and in support of the atomic tests at Mauro Atoll. She was later employed as a support ship for minesweepers during the Indonesian Confrontation.
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| Name: | Gold Ranger |
| Ordered: | 28 August 1939 |
| Laid down: | 14 May 1940 |
| Launched: | 12 March 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 4 July 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | December 1972 Laid up at Singapore |
| Struck: | 1973 |
| Fate: | Sold commercially with name unchanged, July 1973 Scrapped at Hong Kong, March 1977 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Ranger-class fleet support tanker |
| Displacement: | 6,700 long tons (6,808 t) full load |
| Length: | 365 ft 4 in (111.35 m) |
| Beam: | 47 ft (14 m) |
| Draught: | 22 ft 2 in (6.76 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × 4-cylinder Doxford diesel 2,800 shp (2,100 kW) 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 13 knots (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
| Complement: | 40 |
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