RFA Wave Emperor (A100)
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| History |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: |
RFA Wave Emperor |
| Ordered: |
3 February 1943 |
| Laid down: |
19 May 1943 |
| Launched: |
16 October 1944 |
| Commissioned: |
20 December 1944 |
| Struck: |
1959 |
| Fate: |
Laid up at Portland in the late 1950s. Arrived in Barrow for demolition on 19 June 1960 |
| General characteristics |
| Class & type: |
Wave-class oiler |
| Displacement: |
16,650 tonnes full load |
| Length: |
492 ft 5 in (150.09 m) |
| Beam: |
64 ft 4 in (19.61 m) |
| Draught: |
28 ft 6 in (8.69 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 x Parsons double reduction geared steam turbines. 6,800 shp. Single shaft. |
| Speed: |
14.5 knots |
RFA Wave Emperor (A 100) was a Wave-class oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary built at Haverton Hill by Furness Shipbuilding.
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