| Name: | RANELLA |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 02/04/1912 |
| Completed: | 05/1912 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 897 |
| Dimensions: | 5583grt, 3372nrt, 406.4 x 51.3 x 28.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 43 & 72 x 48ins), 449nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 132715 |
| History: | |
| 13/05/1912 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
| 1930 | A/S Ranella (Th Andersen), Arendal |
| 1940 | Erling Hansens Rederi A/S, Kristiansand |
| 12/06/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 12/06/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U553, 330 miles N of the Azores |
| On a voyage from the Clyde to New York in ballast |
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Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 03/04/1912