RFA Wave Master

RFA Wave Master (A193) was a Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Empire Salisbury (1944-46) RFA Wave Master (1946-63)
Builder	Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Laid down	1943
Launched	20 May 1944
Commissioned	December 1946
Decommissioned	23 September 1962
Fate	Scrapped in May 1963
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)

She was built as Empire Salisbury by Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, and transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1946. She was laid up at Singapore on 23 September 1962, and scrapped at Jurong in May 1963.^[1]