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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
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| Launched: |
16 November 1944 named EMPIRE MARS. |
| Commissioned: |
16 November 1946 renamed WAVE DUKE |
| Decommissioned: |
30 April 1960. Laid up at Devonport. |
| Fate: |
Arrived Bilbao for demolition on 25 December 1969 |
| Struck: |
1969 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: |
493'10" |
| Beam: |
64'01" |
| Draught: |
28'05.5" |
| 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 Duke (A246) was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
