RFA Wave Prince (A207)
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| History |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: |
- SS Empire Herald (1945-47)
- RFA Wave Prince (1947-71)
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| Builder: |
Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill-on-Tees |
| Laid down: |
1945 |
| Launched: |
27 July 1945 |
| Commissioned: |
12 February 1947 |
| Decommissioned: |
August 1965 |
| Fate: |
Scrapped in 1971 |
| 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 Prince (A207) was a Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was built by Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd at Sunderland and was employed as an underway replenishment oiler. During 1961-1962 she was modified extensively, laid up at Devonport in August 1965 and arrived in Burriana, Spain for scrapping on 16 December 1971.[1]
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