RFA Wave Prince

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.^[1]

History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Empire Herald (1945-47) RFA Wave Prince (1947-71)
Builder	Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Laid down	1945
Launched	27 July 1945
Commissioned	12 February 1947
Decommissioned	August 1965
Fate	Scrapped in 1971
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)