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RFA Wave Duke (A246)

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Commissioned
  
16 November 1946

Fate
  
Scrapped in 1970

Length
  
150 m

Decommissioned
  
30 April 1960

Launched
  
16 November 1944

Draft
  
8.69 m

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Name
  
SS Empire Mars (1944-46) RFA Wave Duke (1946-69)

Builder
  
Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland

Tonnage
  
8,187 gross register tons (GRT)

RFA Wave Duke (A246) was a Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary built at Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd at Sunderland. She saw service during the Korean War. She was laid up at Devonport on 30 April 1960, and arrived at Bilbao to be scrapped on 25 December 1969.

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RFA Wave Duke (A246) Wikipedia