| Name: | RANPURA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 13/09/1924 |
| Completed: | 08/04/1925 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 532 |
| Dimensions: | 16688grt, 9331nrt, 548.3 x 71.3 x 43.2ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Q4cyl (32.5, 46.5, 67 & 96 x 60ins) 2403nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 148119 |
| History: | |
| 13/03/1925 | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, Newcastle |
| 1943 | The Admiralty |
| 25/05/1961 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 312 x 1st & 275 x 2nd Class passengers |
| Built for the London to Bombay mail service & cruising. Sister to RANCHI | |
| 30/011/1939: Requisitioned as an armed merchant cruiser HMS RANPURA | |
| She was armed with 8 x 1 x 6ins and 2 x 1 x 12pdr AA guns | |
| 1943: Sold to the Admiralty and converted to a repair ship | |
| 25/05/1961: Broken up at La Spezia |
Above photo showing RANPURA leaving the Tyne is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo showing RANPURA leaving the Tyne is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as RANPURA is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as RANPURA is copyright of Allan C Green
RANPURA at anchor by Jack Spurling
Above: HMS RANPURA as a repair ship. Photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above: HMS RANPURA as a repair ship. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return