SS Ranchi

Ranchi as originally built, with two funnels
History
United Kingdom
NameRanchi
NamesakeRanchi
OwnerPeninsular and Oriental SN Co
Operator
Port of registryUnited Kingdom Newcastle
BuilderHawthorn Leslie & Co, Hebburn
Yard number534
Launched24 January 1925
Reclassified
Identification
FateScrapped at Newport, Wales, 1953
General characteristics
Class and typeP&O "R" Class
TypeOcean liner
Tonnage
  • 16,738 GRT
  • 8,850 NRT (until 1938)
  • 8,827 NRT (1939 onward)
Length548.5 ft (167.2 m)
Beam71.3 ft (21.7 m)
Depth43.2 ft (13.2 m)
Decks3
Propulsion
Speed17.5 kn (32.4 km/h)
Sensors and
processing systems
wireless direction finding
Armament
Notes

SS Ranchi was Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company "R"-class steam ocean liner that was built in 1925 and scrapped in 1953. From 1939 to 1943 she was the Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser HMS Ranchi.

From 1943 to 1947 she was a troop ship for the Ministry of War Transport and post-war Ministry of Transport.