RFA Wave King (A264)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | RFA Wave King |
| Builder: | Harland and Wolff, Govan |
| Yard number: | 1222 |
| Laid down: | 23 March 1943 |
| Launched: | 6 April 1944 |
| Completed: | 22 July 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 22 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 1956 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in April 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 8,159 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Displacement: | 16,483 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 473 ft 8 in (144.37 m) |
| Beam: | 64 ft 3 in (19.58 m) |
| Draught: | 35 ft 4 in (10.77 m) |
| Propulsion: | Parsons double reduction geared turbines,3 drum type boilers, 6,800 hp (5,100 kW). |
| Speed: | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
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. 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.
Wave King struck a rock north of São Luís de Maranhão, Brazil, on 9 August 1956 and suffered severe damage. She was withdrawn from service as a result and was laid up at Portsmouth later in 1956. She arrived at Barrow-in-Furness on 16 April 1960 for scrapping.
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