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class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> (1946-64)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> (1964-70)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operator</td><td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Port of registry</td><td>London, United Kingdom</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td>Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, <a href="/wiki/Sunderland,_Co_Durham" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunderland, Co Durham">Sunderland</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Yard number</td><td>767</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>3 April 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>30 September 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>30 September 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>1961</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">United Kingdom <a href="/wiki/Official_Number" class="mw-redirect" title="Official Number">Official Number</a> 180967</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Pennant number X129 (1946– )</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Pennant Number A119 ( –1970)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Honours and<br />awards</td><td>Korea (1950–51)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Scrapped at <a href="/wiki/Gandia" title="Gandia">Gandia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> in March 1970</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tonnage</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8,187 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4,562 <a href="/wiki/Net_register_tonnage" title="Net register tonnage">NRT</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>16,650 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> full load</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">493 ft 8 in (150.47 m) overall</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">465 ft 0 in (141.73 m) between perpendiculars</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>64 ft 1 in (19.53 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Depth</td><td>35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 x <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan-Vickers" title="Metropolitan-Vickers">Metrovick-type</a> double reduction geared steam turbines, 6,800 hp (5,100 kW).</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>15 knots (28 km/h)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>RFA <i>Wave Laird</i> (A119)</b> was an 8,187 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a> <a href="/wiki/Wave_class_oiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Wave class oiler">Wave-class</a> fleet support <a href="/wiki/Tank_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Tank ship">tanker</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a>. She was built in 1946 as <i><b>Empire Dunbar</b></i> by Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, <a href="/wiki/Sunderland,_Co_Durham" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunderland, Co Durham">Sunderland, Co Durham</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Transport_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Transport (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Transport</a> and completed at <i>Wave Laird</i>. She served until 1961 when she was laid up at <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Devonport" title="HMNB Devonport">HMNB Devonport</a>. <i>Wave Laird</i> was scrapped in 1970 in Spain. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Wave_Laird&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ship was built in 1946 by Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, <a href="/wiki/Sunderland,_Co_Durham" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunderland, Co Durham">Sunderland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ships_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ships-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was yard number 767.<sup id="cite_ref-RFA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship was 493 feet 8 inches (150.47 m) long overall (465 feet 0 inches (141.73 m) between perpendiculars<sup id="cite_ref-Times011169_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times011169-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), with a beam of 64 feet 1 inch (19.53 m).<sup id="cite_ref-Ships_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ships-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She had a draught of 28 feet 6 inches (8.69 m),<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and a depth of 35 feet 6 inches (10.82 m). She was assessed as 8,187 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">gross register tons</a> (GRT), 4,562 <a href="/wiki/Net_register_tonnage" title="Net register tonnage">NRT</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Times011169_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times011169-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fully loaded, she displaced 16,650 tons.<sup id="cite_ref-FR_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship was propelled by two <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan-Vickers" title="Metropolitan-Vickers">Metrovick-type</a> double reduction geared steam turbines, which were fed by three drum boilers.<sup id="cite_ref-FR_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 6,800 shaft horsepower (5,100 kW). The turbines were built by Richardsons Westgarth Ltd. They drove a single screw propeller,<sup id="cite_ref-Times011169_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times011169-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and could propel the ship at 15 knots (28 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-FR_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Wave_Laird&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Empire Dunbar</b> was built by Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Transport_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Transport (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Transport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ships_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ships-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was launched on 3 April 1946 and completed on 30 September 1946 as RFA <i>Wave Laird</i> for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RFA_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her port of registry was <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Photo_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Photo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was allocated the United Kingdom <a href="/wiki/Official_Number" class="mw-redirect" title="Official Number">Official Number</a> 180967 and the <a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">Pennant number</a> X129. This was later changed to A119.<sup id="cite_ref-RFA_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Wave Laird</i> suffered a number of problems shortly after entering service. In October 1946, her steering gear failed on a voyage from Sunderland to the <a href="/wiki/River_Tyne" title="River Tyne">Tyne</a> and she was towed into port. In December 1946, boiler problems delayed her departure from <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Portland" title="Isle of Portland">Portland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a> for <a href="/wiki/Trinidad" title="Trinidad">Trinidad</a>. On 17 March 1947, boiler problems left her adrift in gale-force winds 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tasker_Rock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tasker Rock (page does not exist)">Tasker Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>. Assistance was requested as the ship suffered heavy damage, which had to be repaired before her cargo was able to be discharged at <a href="/wiki/Old_Kilpatrick" title="Old Kilpatrick">Old Kilpatrick</a>. On 10 November 1949, <i>Wave Laird</i> was on a voyage from <a href="/wiki/Abadan" class="mw-redirect" title="Abadan">Abadan</a>, Iran to <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> when she was caught in a storm. A deckhand sustained fatal injuries. He was buried at <a href="/wiki/Kalkara_Naval_Cemetery" title="Kalkara Naval Cemetery">Kalkara Naval Cemetery</a> in Malta. The funeral was attended by officers and crew from <a href="/wiki/RFA_Nasprite" title="RFA Nasprite">RFA <i>Nasprite</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/RFA_Rowanol" title="RFA Rowanol">RFA <i>Rowenol</i></a> and <i>Wave Laird</i> and the Secretary of the Malta Branch of the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Seamen" title="National Union of Seamen">National Union of Seamen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RFA_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Wave Laird</i> was on active service in <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a> from 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953. She was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Battle_honour" title="Battle honour">battle honour</a>. On 19 July 1951, she was involved in a collision with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Interocean_Line&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Royal Interocean Line (page does not exist)">Royal Interocean Line's</a> <a href="/wiki/Ocean_liner" title="Ocean liner">ocean liner</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Boissevain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Boissevain (page does not exist)"><i>Boissevain</i></a> off Singapore. In January 1954, <i>Wave Laird</i> was one of the naval vessels supporting the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Yacht" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Yacht">Royal Yacht</a> <a href="/wiki/SS_Gothic_(1947)" title="SS Gothic (1947)"><i>Gothic</i></a> in Australia. On 31 October 1956, <i>Wave Laird</i> was one of 35 Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships deployed as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Musketeer_(1956)" title="Operation Musketeer (1956)">Operation Musketeer</a>. From 16–29 September 1960, she was deployed off Iceland in support of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, which was caught up in the <a href="/wiki/Cod_Wars" title="Cod Wars">Cod Wars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RFA_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Wave Laird</i> was featured on a <a href="/wiki/Postcard" title="Postcard">postcard</a> produced by Valentine's, <a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a>. The card showed <i>Wave Laird</i> refuelling <a href="/wiki/HMS_Scorpion_(D64)" title="HMS Scorpion (D64)">HMS <i>Scorpion</i></a> at sea.<sup id="cite_ref-Postcard_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Postcard-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Wave Laird</i> was laid up in reserve at <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Devonport" title="HMNB Devonport">HMNB Devonport</a> in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-RFA_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was advertised for sale by tender in November 1969 "as lying at HMNB Devonport".<sup id="cite_ref-Times011169_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times011169-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She departed from Devonport under tow on 26 January 1970, bound for <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>, from where she departed on 25 February under tow for <a href="/wiki/Gandia" title="Gandia">Gandia</a>, Spain. <i>Wave Laird</i> was scrapped in March 1970 by Hierros Ardes, Gandia.<sup id="cite_ref-RFA_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Wave_Laird&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMitchell,_W_H1995" class="citation book cs1">Mitchell, W H, and Sawyer, L A (1995). <i>The Empire Ships</i>. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 154. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85044-275-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-85044-275-4"><bdi>1-85044-275-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Empire+Ships&rft.place=London%2C+New+York%2C+Hamburg%2C+Hong+Kong&rft.pages=154&rft.pub=Lloyd%27s+of+London+Press+Ltd&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=1-85044-275-4&rft.aulast=Mitchell%2C+W+H&rft.aufirst=and+Sawyer%2C+L+A&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARFA+Wave+Laird" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RFA-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RFA_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RFA_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RFA_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RFA_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RFA_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RFA_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RFA_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://historicalrfa.uk/rfa-wave-laird/">"RFA Wave Laird"</a>. Royal Fleet Auxiliary Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 July</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=RFA+Wave+Laird&rft.pub=Royal+Fleet+Auxiliary+Historical+Society&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhistoricalrfa.uk%2Frfa-wave-laird%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARFA+Wave+Laird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Times011169-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Times011169_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Times011169_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Times011169_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Times011169_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Public Notices". <i>The Times</i>. No. 57706. London. 1 November 1969. col F, p. 11.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Public+Notices&rft.issue=57706&rft.pages=col+F%2C+p.-11&rft.date=1969-11-01&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARFA+Wave+Laird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FR-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FR_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FR_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FR_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://military-genealogy.forcesreunited.org.uk/2438/RFA_Wave_Laird">"RFA Wave Laird"</a>. Forces Reunited<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 July</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=RFA+Wave+Laird&rft.pub=Forces+Reunited&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmilitary-genealogy.forcesreunited.org.uk%2F2438%2FRFA_Wave_Laird&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARFA+Wave+Laird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Photo-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Photo_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As shown by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~treevecwll/wave2_files/image018.jpg">this photograph</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Postcard-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Postcard_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rfaaplymouth.org/rfaaphotoarchive/displayimage.php?album=6&pid=499">"RFA WAVE LAIRD 1946-1970"</a>. Royal Fleet Auxiliary Association, Plymouth Branch<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 July</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=RFA+WAVE+LAIRD+1946-1970&rft.pub=Royal+Fleet+Auxiliary+Association%2C+Plymouth+Branch&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rfaaplymouth.org%2Frfaaphotoarchive%2Fdisplayimage.php%3Falbum%3D6%26pid%3D499&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARFA+Wave+Laird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Wave_Laird&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historicalrfa.org/images/stories/WaveLaird.jpg">Colour photo of <i>Wave Laird</i></a></li></ul> <div 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title="SS Varvassi"><i>Varvassi</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_Drexel_Victory" title="SS Drexel Victory"><i>Drexel Victory</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_Middlebury_Victory" title="SS Middlebury Victory"><i>Middlebury Victory</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Mar: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Empire_ships_-_I_-_J#Empire_Jonquil" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Empire ships - I - J"><i>Empire Jonquil</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Mar: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Petunia_(K79)" title="HMS Petunia (K79)">ROCS <i>Fu Bo</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Mar: <a href="/wiki/MV_Tyrronall" title="MV Tyrronall"><i>Empire Contamar</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Gripfast" title="SS Gripfast"><i>Stancliffe</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Apr <a href="/wiki/MS_Belpamela" title="MS Belpamela"><i>Belpamela</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Texas_City_disaster" title="Texas City disaster"><i>Grandcamp</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_City_disaster" title="Texas City disaster"><i>High Flyer</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_City_disaster" title="Texas City disaster"><i>Wilson B. Keene</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Sir_Harvey_Adamson" title="SS Sir Harvey Adamson"><i>Sir Harvey Adamson</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Samtampa" title="SS Samtampa"><i>Samtampa</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Warspite_(03)" title="HMS Warspite (03)">HMS <i>Warspite</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Witherington_(D76)" title="HMS Witherington (D76)">HMS <i>Witherington</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 May: <a href="/wiki/Irish_patrol_vessel_Muirch%C3%BA" title="Irish patrol vessel Muirchú"><i>Muirchú</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 May: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Thames_(1885)" title="HMS Thames (1885)"><i>General Botha</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Oklahoma_(BB-37)" title="USS Oklahoma (BB-37)">USS <i>Oklahoma</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Mallard_(AM-44)" title="USS Mallard (AM-44)">USS <i>Mallard</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 May: <a href="/wiki/SMS_Berlin" title="SMS Berlin"><i>Berlin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Jun: <a href="/wiki/SS_Emperor" title="SS Emperor"><i>Emperor</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Jul: <a href="/wiki/1947_Ramdas_ship_disaster" title="1947 Ramdas ship disaster"><i>Ramdas</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Nascopie" title="SS Nascopie"><i>Nascopie</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Jul: <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Deutschland" title="German cruiser Deutschland"><i>Lützow</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Chewink_(AM-39)" title="USS Chewink (AM-39)">USS <i>Chewink</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Aug: <a href="/wiki/German_aircraft_carrier_Graf_Zeppelin" title="German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin"><i>Graf Zeppelin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Heimdal_(1892)" title="HNoMS Heimdal (1892)"><i>Rovena</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Aug: <a href="/wiki/USS_S-24" title="USS S-24">USS <i>S-24</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Sep: <a href="/wiki/USS_Osborne_(DD-295)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Osborne (DD-295)"><i>Matagalpa</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Sep: <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Warrnambool_(J202)" title="HMAS Warrnambool (J202)">HMAS <i>Warrnambool</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Oct: <a href="/wiki/USS_Crittenden" title="USS Crittenden">USS <i>Crittenden</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Oct: <i><a href="/wiki/HMCS_Wolf" title="HMCS Wolf">Gulfstream</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Oct: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-190" title="German submarine U-190"><i>U-190</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Nov: <a href="/wiki/MV_Aqueity_(1945)" title="MV Aqueity (1945)"><i>Aqueity</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Nov: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-234" title="German submarine U-234"><i>U-234</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Nov: <a href="/wiki/SS_Clarksdale_Victory" title="SS Clarksdale Victory"><i>Clarksdale Victory</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 Nov: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-530" title="German submarine U-530"><i>U-530</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Park_Victory" title="SS Park Victory"><i>Park Victory</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/USS_Ponaganset" title="USS Ponaganset"><i>Ponaganset</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-858" title="German submarine U-858"><i>U-858</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-889" title="German submarine U-889"><i>U-889</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_Ocean_Victory" title="SS Ocean Victory"><i>Jan Steen</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Jan: <a href="/wiki/MS_Wanganella" title="MS Wanganella"><i>Wanganella</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Jan: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bonaventure_(F139)" title="HMS Bonaventure (F139)">HMS <i>Bonaventure</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Mar: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">RFA <i>Wave Laird</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 Mar: <a href="/wiki/MV_Clio" title="MV Clio"><i>Clio</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Ernest_G._Small" title="USS Ernest G. Small">USS <i>Ernest G. Small</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Chamois" title="SS Empire Chamois"><i>Empire Chamois</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Apr: <a href="/wiki/RMS_Queen_Elizabeth" title="RMS Queen Elizabeth"><i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Texas_City_disaster" title="Texas City disaster">Texas City disaster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Exodus" title="SS Exodus"><i>Exodus</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_Ocean_Vigour" title="SS Ocean Vigour"><i>Ocean Vigour</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Sep: <a href="/wiki/USS_Douglas_H._Fox" title="USS Douglas H. Fox">USS <i>Douglas H. Fox</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Nov: <a href="/wiki/USS_Bugara" title="USS Bugara">USS <i>Bugara</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Orleck" title="USS Orleck">USS <i>Orleck</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1946" title="List of shipwrecks in 1946">1946</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1946" title="List of shipwrecks in 1946"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a 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title="HMS Nairana (1917)"><i>Nairana</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMT_Gulland_(T239)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMT Gulland (T239)"><i>Arab Trader</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Affray_(P421)" title="HMS Affray (P421)">HMS <i>Affray</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Explosion_of_the_RFA_Bedenham" title="Explosion of the RFA Bedenham">RFA <i>Bedenham</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 May: <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Marrawah" title="HMAS Marrawah"><i>Marrawah</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Jun: <a href="/wiki/SS_Quersee" title="SS Quersee"><i>Maharashmi</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HTMS_Sri_Ayudhya" title="HTMS Sri Ayudhya">HTMS <i>Sri Ayudhya</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Aug: <a href="/wiki/TSS_Wahine" title="TSS Wahine"><i>Wahine</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 Sep: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bagshot" title="HMS Bagshot">HMS <i>Bagshot</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/FV_Pelican" title="FV Pelican"><i>Pelican</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Sep: <i><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Hamilton" title="Imperial Hamilton">Imperial Hamilton</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Sep: <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Allenwood" title="HMAS Allenwood"><i>Allenwood</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Oct: <a href="/wiki/SS_Saltfleet" title="SS Saltfleet"><i>Saltfleet</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 Oct: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2513" title="German submarine U-2513"><i>U-2513</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Oct: <a href="/wiki/Morania_fire" title="Morania fire"><i>Morania #130</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Oct: <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Bird_K4" title="Blue Bird K4">Blue Bird K4</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Oct: <a href="/wiki/MS_Transpet" title="MS Transpet"><i>Transpet</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Nov: <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_battleship_S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="Brazilian battleship São Paulo"><i>São Paulo</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Jean_Marie_(1922)" title="SS Jean Marie (1922)"><i>Jean Marie</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Dec: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Donald_W._Bain" title="SS Donald W. Bain">Lilica</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">16 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_George_Washington" title="SS George Washington"><i>George Washington</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Feb: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Aden" title="SS Empire Aden"><i>Etivebank</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 May: USCGC <a href="/wiki/USS_Cherokee_(AT-66)" title="USS Cherokee (AT-66)"><i>Cherokee</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Sunbird" title="USS Sunbird">USS <i>Sunbird</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Valcour" title="USS Valcour">USS <i>Valcour</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Kowloon_No.1" title="SS Kowloon No.1"><i>Nancy Moller</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 May <a href="/wiki/SS_Barossa" title="SS Barossa"><i>Barossa</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Jul: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">RFA <i>Wave Laird</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Aug: <a href="/wiki/MV_Dromus_(1938)" title="MV Dromus (1938)"><i>Dromus</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Prince_Rupert" title="SS Prince Rupert"><i>Prince Rupert</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Aug: <a href="/wiki/USS_Wisconsin_(BB-64)" title="USS Wisconsin (BB-64)">USS <i>Wisconsin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Sep: <a href="/wiki/Scillonian_(1925)" title="Scillonian (1925)"><i>Scillonian</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Oct: <a href="/wiki/SS_Gripfast" title="SS Gripfast"><i>Gripfast</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Nov: <a href="/wiki/MV_Bessel" title="MV Bessel"><i>Birgitte Skou</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Flying_Enterprise" title="SS Flying Enterprise"><i>Flying Enterprise</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Grenville_(R97)" title="HMS Grenville (R97)">HMS <i>Grenville</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1950" title="List of shipwrecks in 1950">1950</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1950" title="List of shipwrecks in 1950"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1952" title="List of shipwrecks in 1952"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1952" title="List of shipwrecks in 1952">1952</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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