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RFA Wave Master (A193)
Career (UK)
Name:
SS Empire Salisbury (1944-46) RFA Wave Master (1946-63)
Builder:
Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Laid down:
1943
Launched:
20 May 1944
Commissioned:
December 1946
Decommissioned:
23 September 1962
Fate:
Scrapped in May 1963
General characteristics
Tonnage:
8,187 gross register tons (GRT)
Displacement:
16,483 tonnes full load
Length:
492 ft 8 in (150.16 m)
Beam:
64 ft 4 in (19.61 m)
Draught:
28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Propulsion:
Parsons double reduction geared turbines,3 drum type boilers, 6,800 hp (5,100 kW).
She was built as Empire Salisbury by Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, and transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1946. She was laid up at Singapore on 23 September 1962, and scrapped at Jurong in May 1963.