RFA Wave Sovereign (A211) was a Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and was built at Haverton Hill by the Furness Shipbuilding Company.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | RFA Wave Sovereign |
| Ordered | 29 May 1943 |
| Builder | Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill-on-Tees |
| Laid down | 10 May 1944 |
| Launched | 20 November 1945 |
| Commissioned | 28 February 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 1966 |
| Fate | Scrapped in May 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 8,187 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Displacement | 16,483 tons 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). |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
On 8 December 1948, Wave Sovereign was in collision with the destroyer Corunna while refuelling Corunna.[1] She was extensively modified in the early 1960s.
She was decommissioned in 1966 and laid up at Singapore.[2] Wave Sovereign was scrapped there in May 1967.[3]
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Citations
References
- English, John (2008). Obdurate to Daring: British Fleet Destroyers 1941–45. Windsor, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 978-0-9560769-0-8.