Allied Warships

HMS Ranpura (F 93)

Repair Ship

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeRepair Ship
Class[No specific class] 
PennantF 93 
Built byHawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched13 Sep 1924 
Commissioned 1943 
End service 
History

On 6 September 1939 the passenger ship Ranpura of the P. & O. Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser.

In May 1943 she was sold to the Admiralty and converted to a repair ship.

 

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