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(Redirected from Empire Salisbury) 1946 Wave-class oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

History
RFA EnsignUnited Kingdom
Name
  • SS Empire Salisbury (1944-46)
  • RFA Wave Master (1946-63)
BuilderSir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Laid down1943
Launched20 May 1944
CommissionedDecember 1946
Decommissioned23 September 1962
FateScrapped in May 1963
General characteristics
Tonnage8,187 gross register tons (GRT)
Displacement16,483 tons full load
Length492 ft 8 in (150.16 m)
Beam64 ft 4 in (19.61 m)
Draught28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
PropulsionParsons double reduction geared turbines,3 drum type boilers, 6,800 hp (5,100 kW).
Speed14.5 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.

References

  1. "RFA Wave Master". Retrieved 5 January 2020.
Empire ships
By suffix, Empire x
See also: Fort ship, Liberty ship, Park ship, Ocean ship, Victory ship.
Wave-class oilers
List of replenishment ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary


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