RFA Gray Ranger (Ranger Class Oiler) 1941

Convoy                 Depart                                             Arrive

PQ.15     Oban 10th April 1942 – Murmansk 5th May 1942
               (Detached to Lerwick 8th May)

PQ.17     Reykjavik 27th June 1942 – Convoy dispersed 4th July 1942

WN.312    Loch Ewe 21st July 1942 – Methil 23rd July 1942
                (Joined from Lyness)

FN.787     Records incomplete

EN.126    Methil 19th August 1942 – Loch Ewe 21st August 1942
                (Detached to Lyness)

QP.14     Archangel 13th September 1942 – Loch Ewe 26th September 1942
               (Escort oiler)

RFA Gray Ranger was torpedoed by U435, under the command of Korvetten Leutenant Siegfried Strelow, at 07:19 hrs on the 22nd September 1942. South of Jan Mayen Island in position 71 23’ N  11  03’ W.

Six members of the crew were killed and one injured, the remaining members of the crew were rescued and eventually landed at Scapa Flow during September 1942.