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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
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| Launched: |
4 April 1946 named EMPIRE EDGEHILL |
| Commissioned: |
30 July 1946 renamed WAVE CHIEF. |
| Decommissioned: |
August 1974. Laid up at Rosyth. |
| Fate: |
Arrived Inverkeithing for demolition on 13 November 1974 |
| Struck: |
1974 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
16483 tons full load |
| Length: |
492'08" |
| Beam: |
64'04" |
| Draught: |
28'05.25" |
| Propulsion: |
2 x Metrovick double reduction geared steam turbines. 6800 shp. Single shaft. |
| Speed: |
14.5 knots |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
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| Armament: |
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| Aircraft: |
None |
| Motto: |
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RFA Wave Chief (A265) was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She saw service during the Korean War and was involved in 2 of the Cod Wars with Iceland. She escorted Sir Alec Rose around Cape Horn in his yacht in April 1968.
