16,650grt for P & O Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle

Her second funnel was removed in Bombay 23 Oct 1939

Scrapped in Newport 1953

Ranchi – photo from Kevin Blair on tynebuiltships

In 1947 the Ministry of Transport returned Ranchi to P&O. She was refitted at Southampton and London Docks.

Singer Cliff Richard travelled to his parents’ native United Kingdom aboard Ranchi when his family left India in 1948.