RFA Wave Emperor
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History | |
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Name | RFA Wave Emperor |
Ordered | 3 February 1943 |
Builder | Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill |
Laid down | 19 May 1943 |
Launched | 16 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 20 December 1944 |
Stricken | 1959 |
Fate | Laid up at Portland in the late 1950s. Arrived in Barrow for demolition on 19 June 1960 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wave-class oiler |
Displacement | 16,650 tons 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 the Furness Shipbuilding Company.
External links
[edit]- Wave Class Oilers - website on Oilers by Jeremy Olver.