RFA Wave Conqueror (A245)
RFA Wave Conqueror was a Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary that was built in 1943 as SS Empire Law by the Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill, United Kingdom.
 RFA Wave Conqueror, pictured in 1952. | |
| History | |
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| Operator: | Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
| Builder: | Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill |
| Launched: | 27 November 1943 |
| Honours and awards: | Korea, 1951–53 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1960 |
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| 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: | 2 x Metrovick double reduction geared steam turbines, 6,800 hp (5,100 kW). |
| Speed: | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
She saw service during the Korean War and was scrapped in 1960.
References
- Colledge, J.J. Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index Volume 2: Navy-built Trawlers, Drifters, Tugs and Requisitioned Ships. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
- Rottman, Gordon L (2002). Korean War Order of Battle: United States, United Nations, and Communist Ground, Naval, and Air Forces, 1950-1953. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-97835-4.
- Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II. New York: Crescent Books. 1989.
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