RFA Wave Duke

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.^[1]

History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Empire Mars (1944-46) RFA Wave Duke (1946-69)
Builder	Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Launched	16 November 1944
Commissioned	16 November 1946
Decommissioned	30 April 1960
Fate	Scrapped in 1970
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)