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]
wave, prince, a207, wave, class, fleet, support, tanker, royal, fleet, auxiliary, built, laing, sons, sunderland, employed, underway, replenishment, oiler, during, 1961, 1962, modified, extensively, laid, devonport, august, 1965, arrived, burriana, spain, scra. RFA Wave Prince A207 was a Wave class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary She was built by Sir J Laing amp 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 HistoryUnited KingdomNameSS Empire Herald 1945 47 RFA Wave Prince 1947 71 BuilderSir J Laing amp Sons Ltd SunderlandLaid down1945Launched27 July 1945Commissioned12 February 1947DecommissionedAugust 1965FateScrapped in 1971General characteristicsTonnage8 187 gross register tons GRT Displacement16 483 tons full loadLength492 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 References edit RFA Wave Prince historicalrfa uk Retrieved 24 November 2023 nbsp This article about a specific naval auxiliary ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RFA Wave Prince amp oldid 1214654817, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
