SS Ranchi

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Ranchi as originally built, with two funnels
History
United Kingdom
Name	Ranchi
Namesake	Ranchi
Owner	Peninsular and Oriental SN Co
Operator	Peninsular and Oriental SN Co (1925–39, 1943–53) Royal Navy (1939–43)
Port of registry	Newcastle
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie & Co, Hebburn
Yard number	534
Launched	24 January 1925
Reclassified	armed merchant cruiser (1939), troop ship (1943)
Identification	UK official number 148130 code letters KSTQ (until 1933) call sign GLKW (1934 onwards) pennant number F15 (1939–43)
Fate	Scrapped at Newport, Wales, 1953
General characteristics
Class and type	P&O "R" Class
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	16,738 GRT 8,850 NRT (until 1938) 8,827 NRT (1939 onward)
Length	548.5 ft (167.2 m)
Beam	71.3 ft (21.7 m)
Depth	43.2 ft (13.2 m)
Decks	3
Propulsion	quadruple-expansion steam engines low-pressure steam turbines twin screws
Speed	17.5 kn (32.4 km/h)
Sensors and processing systems	wireless direction finding
Armament	as AMC: 8 × BL 6 inch Mk XII naval guns 2 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns
Notes	sister ships: Ranpura, Rajputana, Rawalpindi

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.