Dates: 1924 - 1943
Type :Armed Merchant Cruiser
pennant: F 93
Built by: Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.)
Launched :13 Sep, 1924
Commissioned :30 Nov, 1939
End service: May, 1943
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. Conversion was completed on 30 November 1939.
Career:
December 39 - February 40: Mediterranean Fleet
March 40 - April 40: South Atlantic Station
May 40: Halifax Escort Force
June 40 - April 41: Bermuda and Halifax Escort Force
May 41 - October 41: North Atlantic Escort Force
November 41 - February 42: East Indies Station
March 42 - May 43: Eastern Fleet (Indian Ocean)
In May 1943 sold to the Admiralty and converted to a repair ship.
Noteable events involving Ranpura include:
Mar, 1941
HMS Ranpura (A/Capt. H.T.W. Pawsey, RN) transported gold from the United Kingdom to Bermuda through Iceland in March 1941.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Ranpura
" Hawke 192 class 1955. Thence HMS Ranpura, Malta. Two loan drafts to Undine and Surprise. Back home, joined Undaunted. Them HMS Mercury 1957 (changed branches to bunting tosser). Drafted to Gambia, Then Soberton. And finally joined the brand new HMS Hampshire at John Browns Shipyard in Glasgow. ..."
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