Grey Ranger
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| Name | Grey Ranger | ||
| Type: | Fleet oiler (Ranger) | ||
| Tonnage | 3.313 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty (Royal Fleet Auxiliary), London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-435 (Siegfried Strelow) | ||
| Position | 71.23N, 11.03W - Grid AA 9286 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (6 dead and 33 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | QP-14 | ||
| Route | Archangel (13 Sep) - Loch Ewe - UK | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 07.18 and 07.19 hours on 22 Sep, 1942, U-435 fired five single torpedoes at the convoy QP-14 west of Jan Mayen Island and reported five hits on three ships. The ships hit were Bellingham, Ocean Voice and Grey Ranger. Six crew members from the Grey Ranger (Master Howard Douglas Gausden DSO) were lost. The master and 32 crew members were picked up by the British rescued ship Rathlin (Master August Banning DSO) and landed at Gourock on 26 September. | ||
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