RFA Wave Laird (A119)

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Name:	SS Empire Dunbar (1946); RFA Wave Laird (1946-70)
Owner:	Ministry of War Transport (1946); Admiralty (1946-64); Ministry of Defence (1964-70)
Operator:	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Builder:	Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Yard number:	754
Laid down:	1945[citation needed]
Launched:	3 April 1946
Completed:	September 1946
Commissioned:	30 September 1946[citation needed]
Decommissioned:	1961
Fate:	Scrapped at Gandia, Spain in March 1970
General characteristics
Tonnage:	8,187 gross register tons (GRT)
Displacement:	16,650 tonnes full load[citation needed]
Length:	493 feet 8 inches (150.47 m)
Beam:	64 feet 1 inch (19.53 m)
Draught:	28 feet 6 inches (8.69 m)[citation needed]
Propulsion:	2 x Metrovick double reduction geared steam turbines, 6,800 horsepower (5,100 kW).[citation needed]
Speed:	14.5 knots (26.9 km/h)[citation needed]

RFA Wave Laird (A119) was a Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

History

RFA Wave Laird was built by Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland. She was launched on 3 April 1946 as the 8,187 GRT SS Empire Dunbar for the Ministry of War Transport. She was completed in September 1946 as RFA Wave Laird for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.^[1] She was laid up in reserve at Devonport in 1961^{[citation needed]} and scrapped at Gandia, Spain in March 1970.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Mitchell, W H, and Sawyer, L A (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 154. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.

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[Ships-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Mitchell, W H, and Sawyer, L A (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 154. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.

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Name:	SS Empire Dunbar (1946) RFA Wave Laird (1946-70)
Owner:	Ministry of War Transport (1946) Admiralty (1946-64) Ministry of Defence (1964-70)
Operator:	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Builder:	Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Yard number:	754^[1]
Laid down:	1945^{[citation needed]}
Launched:	3 April 1946
Completed:	September 1946
Commissioned:	30 September 1946^{[citation needed]}
Decommissioned:	1961
Fate:	Scrapped at Gandia, Spain in March 1970
General characteristics
Tonnage:	8,187 gross register tons (GRT)
Displacement:	16,650 tonnes full load^{[citation needed]}
Length:	493 feet 8 inches (150.47 m)^[1]
Beam:	64 feet 1 inch (19.53 m)^[1]
Draught:	28 feet 6 inches (8.69 m)^{[citation needed]}
Propulsion:	2 x Metrovick double reduction geared steam turbines, 6,800 horsepower (5,100 kW).^{[citation needed]}
Speed:	14.5 knots (26.9 km/h)^{[citation needed]}