RFA Wave Conqueror

RFA Wave Conqueror was a Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary that was built in 1943, as SS Empire Law by the Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill, United Kingdom.

RFA Wave Conqueror, pictured in 1952.
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Empire Law RFA Wave Conqueror
Operator	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Builder	Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill
Launched	27 November 1943
Honours & awards	Korea, 1951–53
Fate	Scrapped in 1960
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	2 x Metrovick double reduction geared steam turbines, 6,800 hp (5,100 kW).
Speed	14.5 knots (26.9 km/h)

She saw service during the Korean War and was scrapped in 1960.

References

• Colledge, J.J. Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index Volume 2: Navy-built Trawlers, Drifters, Tugs and Requisitioned Ships. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
• Rottman, Gordon L (2002). Korean War Order of Battle: United States, United Nations, and Communist Ground, Naval, and Air Forces, 1950-1953. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-97835-4.
• Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II. New York: Crescent Books. 1989.