RFA Wave Emperor (A100)

RFA Wave Emperor (A 100) was a Wave-class oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary built at Haverton Hill by the Furness Shipbuilding Company.

History
United Kingdom
Name: RFA Wave Emperor
Ordered: 3 February 1943
Builder: Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill
Laid down: 19 May 1943
Launched: 16 October 1944
Commissioned: 20 December 1944
Stricken: 1959
Fate: Laid up at Portland in the late 1950s. Arrived in Barrow for demolition on 19 June 1960
General characteristics
Class and type: Wave-class oiler
Displacement: 16,650 tonnes full load
Length: 492 ft 5 in (150.09 m)
Beam: 64 ft 4 in (19.61 m)
Draught: 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Propulsion: 2 x Parsons double reduction geared steam turbines. 6,800 shp. Single shaft.
Speed: 14.5 knots
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