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HMAS Rankin (SSG 78)
HMAS ''Rankin'' is the sixth and final submarine of the ''Collins'' class, which are operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Named for Lieutenant Commander Robert William Rankin, the boat was laid down in 1995, and commissioned into the RAN in March 2003, following major delays.
Early in her career, ''Rankin'' was the subject of a documentary series and a coffee table book. She was the first submarine since 1987 to be awarded the Gloucester Cup.
==Construction==
''Rankin'' was laid down by Australian Submarine Corporation on 12 May 1995.〔 The boat was launched on 7 November 2001.〔Yule & Woolner, ''The Collins Class Submarine Story'', p. 317〕 She was delivered to the RAN on 18 March 2003 and commissioned on 29 March 2003, 41 months behind schedule, after major delays in the completion and fitting out of the boat due to the diversion of resources to the "fast track" submarines and and repeated cannibalisation for parts to repair the other five ''Collins''-class boats.〔Yule & Woolner, ''The Collins Class Submarine Story'', pp. 317–8, 348〕
''Rankin'' was named for Lieutenant Commander Robert William Rankin, who died when the ship he commanded, , engaged a force of five Japanese warships on 4 March 1942, to allow an Allied convoy to escape.〔Yule & Woolner, ''The Collins Class Submarine Story'', p. 340〕 The boat is nicknamed "The Black Knight".〔
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