RFA Wave Master (A193) was a Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name |
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| Builder | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
| Laid down | 1943 |
| Launched | 20 May 1944 |
| Commissioned | December 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 23 September 1962 |
| Fate | Scrapped in May 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 8,187 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Displacement | 16,483 tons full load |
| Length | 492 ft 8 in (150.16 m) |
| Beam | 64 ft 4 in (19.61 m) |
| Draught | 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m) |
| Propulsion | Parsons double reduction geared turbines,3 drum type boilers, 6,800 hp (5,100 kW). |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
She was built as Empire Salisbury by Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, and transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1946. She was laid up at Singapore on 23 September 1962, and scrapped at Jurong in May 1963.[1]
References
edit- ^ "RFA Wave Master". Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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