RFA Wave Master (A193)
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History |
United Kingdom
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Name: |
- SS Empire Salisbury (1944-46)
- RFA Wave Master (1946-63)
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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 tonnes 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) |
RFA Wave Master (A193) was a Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
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.