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RFA Wave Conqueror

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RFA Wave Conqueror, pictured in 1952.
History
RFA EnsignUnited Kingdom
Name
  • SS Empire Law
  • RFA Wave Conqueror
OperatorRoyal Fleet Auxiliary
BuilderFurness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill
Launched27 November 1943
Honours and
awards
Korea, 1951–53
FateScrapped in 1960
General characteristics
Tonnage8,187 gross register tons (GRT)
Displacement16,483 tonnes full load
Length492 ft 8 in (150.16 m)
Beam64 ft 4 in (19.61 m)
Draught28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Propulsion2 x Metrovick double reduction geared steam turbines, 6,800 hp (5,100 kW).
Speed14.5 knots (26.9 km/h)

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.

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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