RFA Wave Victor
1946 Wave-class oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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RFA Wave Victor (A220) was an 8,187 GRT Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary built at Haverton Hill-on-Tees by Furness Shipbuilding Company. She was built in 1942 as Empire Bounty for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1946 and renamed Wave Victor with Pennant number X130. Her pennant number was later changed to A220. She served until scrapped in 1981.
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Builder | Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill-on-Tees |
Yard number | 356 |
Laid down | 16 November 1942 |
Launched | 30 September 1943 |
Completed | February 1944 |
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Tonnage | 8,187 gross register tons (GRT) |
Displacement | 16,483 long tons full load |
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Beam | 64 ft 3 in (19.58 m) |
Draught | 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m) |
Depth | 35 ft 4 in (10.77 m) |
Propulsion | Single screw |
Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
Complement | 60 |
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