RFA Wave King
1944 Wave-class oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
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RFA Wave King (A182) was a Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary built at Govan by Harland & Wolff Ltd. In 1945, she served in the Far East with the British Pacific Fleet, designated Task Force 57 upon joining the United States fleet.[3] On 6 May 1945 Wave King and Wave Monarch were with the Logistic Support Group 300 miles south-east of Miyako to refuel Task Force 57 which was launching air strikes against island targets in the Okinawa campaign.[3]
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| History | |
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| Name | RFA Wave King |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Govan |
| Yard number | 1222[1] |
| Laid down | 23 March 1943 |
| Launched | 6 April 1944 |
| Completed | 22 July 1944[1] |
| Commissioned | 22 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1956 |
| Fate | Scrapped in April 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 8,159 gross register tons (GRT)[2] |
| Displacement | 16,483 long tons full load |
| Length | 473 ft 8 in (144.37 m)[2] |
| Beam | 64 ft 3 in (19.58 m)[2] |
| Draught | 35 ft 4 in (10.77 m)[2] |
| Propulsion | Parsons double reduction geared turbines,3 drum type boilers, 6,800 hp (5,100 kW). |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
Wave King struck a rock north of São Luís de Maranhão, Brazil, on 9 August 1956 and suffered severe damage.[4] She arrived at Barrow-in-Furness on 16 April 1960 for scrapping.