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RFA Wave Prince (A207)

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Laid down
  
1945

Decommissioned
  
August 1965

Construction started
  
1945

Length
  
150 m

Commissioned
  
12 February 1947

Fate
  
Scrapped in 1971

Launched
  
27 July 1945

Draft
  
8.69 m

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Name
  
SS Empire Herald (1945-47) RFA Wave Prince (1947-71)

Builder
  
Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill-on-Tees

RFA Wave Prince (A207) was a Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was built by Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd at Sunderland and was employed as an underway replenishment oiler. During 1961-1962 she was modified extensively, laid up at Devonport in August 1965 and arrived in Burriana, Spain for scrapping on 16 December 1971.

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RFA Wave Prince (A207) Wikipedia