RFA Wave King

History
United Kingdom
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 long tons 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.^[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]

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.

References

^ ^a ^b McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780752488615.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lloyds (1944–45). "Lloyd's Register" (PDF). Lloyd's Register (through PlimsollShipData). Retrieved 9 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b Gill, G. Hermon (1968). Royal Australian Navy 1939-1942. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 2 – Navy. Vol. 2. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. pp. 604, 612.
^ "RFA Wave King". historicalrfa.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

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[Tom-1] McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780752488615.

[LReg-2] Lloyds (1944–45). "Lloyd's Register" (PDF). Lloyd's Register (through PlimsollShipData). Retrieved 9 October 2013.

[Gill-3] Gill, G. Hermon (1968). Royal Australian Navy 1939-1942. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 2 – Navy. Vol. 2. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. pp. 604, 612.

[4] "RFA Wave King". historicalrfa.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1956
Shipwrecks	10 Jan: Sirabuen 10 Feb: Conlea 12 Jun: Warri 25 Jul: Andrea Doria 9 Aug: RFA Wave King 31 Oct: Domiat 20 Nov: USS Hartford 21 Nov: M-200
Other incidents	6 Jan: Esso Appalachee 13 Feb: Egypt ferry accident 18 Mar: USS Willis A. Lee 7 May: USS Eaton, USS Wisconsin 9 May: HMS Talent 24 May: SS Orsova 31 May: Caronia 11 Jul: Dea Mazzella 25 Jul: Stockholm 12 Oct: HMS Anchorite 22 Oct: USS Antietam 31 Oct: Ibrahim-El-Awal 11 Nov: Murre II 14 Nov: Port Victor Unknown date: ARA General Belgrano, ARA Nueve de Julio
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