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RFA Wave Class Oilers

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

 

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WAVE EMPEROR, WAVE GOVERNOR, WAVE KING,

WAVE KNIGHT, WAVE LAIRD

 

 

WAVE EMPEROR 1944

Standard fast tanker

8,196 grt; 16,650 tons nominal full displacement.

465ft 3ins x 64ft x 35ft 6ins (68ft o/a)

Built 1944  Furness Shipbuilding Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees.

Launched 16^th October 1944

Three drum type boilers.

Two Parsons type doubled reducing geared HP & LP Steam Turbines.

Single screw; 6,800 shp; 15 knots

1944 WAVE EMPEROR ; Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Pennant : A100

1945 July : Pacific; Task Force 112

Scrapped 1966

 

Wave Emperor

 

WAVE GOVERNOR 1944

8,200 grt; 16,650 tons nominal full displacement.

465ft 3ins x 64ft x 35ft 6ins (68ft o/a)

Built 1944  Furness Shipbuilding Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees.

Launched 30^th November 1944

Three drum type boilers.

Two Parsons type doubled reducing geared HP & LP Steam Turbines.

Single screw; 6,800 shp; 15 knots

1944 WAVE GOVERNOR; Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Pennant : A247

1945 July : Pacific; Task Force 112

1950/1 Work “beyond the capabilities of ship's staff”, was given to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary WAVE GOVERNOR, by The New Zealand Navy Yards.

1960 Sold to breakers.

 

Wave Governor

 

WAVE KING  1944

8,200 grt; 16,650 tons nominal full displacement.

465ft 3ins x 64ft x 35ft 6ins (68ft o/a)

Built 1944  Harland & Wolff Ltd., Govan, Glasgow

Launched 6^th April 1944

Three drum type boilers.

Two Parsons type doubled reducing geared HP & LP Steam Turbines.

Single screw; 6,800 shp; 15 knots

1944 WAVE KING ; Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Pennant : A182

1945  Pacific : When Task Force 57 arrived in the fuelling area on 14^th April,

the Admiralty tanker WAVE KING established a record for the number of

ships fuelled in one day, and pumped 5050 tons of oil in nine hours.

1945 July : Pacific; Task Force 112

1945 Present in Tokyo Bay During the Surrender Ceremony, 2^nd September. 

1966 Scrapped.

 

Wave King

 

WAVE KNIGHT  1945

8,200 grt; 16,650 tons full displacement.

465ft 3ins x 64ft x 35ft 6ins (68ft o/a)

Built 1945  Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland.

Launched 22^nd October 1945, as EMPIRE NASEBY

Three drum type boilers.

Two Parsons type doubled reducing geared HP & LP Steam Turbines.

Single screw; 6,800 shp; 15 knots

1946  EMPIRE NASEBY ; MOWT

1947  WAVE KNIGHT;Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Pennant : A249

1950/3 Served in Korean War.

1964 Scrapped Willebroek, Antwerp, Belgium

 

Wave Knight

 

WAVE LAIRD  1946

8,200 grt; 16,650 tons full displacement.

465ft 3ins x 64ft x 35ft 6ins (68ft o/a)

Built 1945  Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland.

Launched 3^rd April 1946 as EMPIRE DUNBAR

Three drum type boilers.

Two Metrovick type doubled reducing geared HP & LP Steam Turbines.

Single screw; 6,800 shp; 15 knots

1946 WAVE LAIRD; Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Pennant : A119

1970 Scrapped Gandia, Spain.

 

Wave Laird

 

Wave Laird

 

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