RFA Wave Victor

RFA Wave Victor
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Empire Bounty (1943-46) RFA Wave Victor (1946-74)
Owner	Ministry of War Transport (1943-46) Royal Fleet Auxiliary (1946-81)
Operator	Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd (1944-46) Royal Fleet Auxiliary (1946-60) Air Ministry (1960-81)
Port of registry	Middlesbrough (1944-46)
Builder	Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill-on-Tees
Yard number	356
Laid down	16 November 1942
Launched	30 September 1943
Completed	February 1944
Identification	UK Official Number 169126 (1943-46) Code Letters GCBT (1944-46) Pennant Number X130 (1946-60), A220 (1960-81)
Fate	Transferred to the Air Ministry as a refuelling hulk Hulked in 1975 Scrapped in 1981
General characteristics
Tonnage	8,187 gross register tons (GRT)
Displacement	16,483 long tons full load
Length	492 ft 8 in (150.16 m) LOA 473 ft 8 in (144.37 m) (registered length)
Beam	64 ft 3 in (19.58 m)
Draught	28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Depth	35 ft 4 in (10.77 m)
Propulsion	Single screw
Speed	14.5 knots (26.9 km/h)
Complement	60

RFA Wave Victor (A220) was an 8,187 GRT Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary built at Haverton Hill-on-Tees by Furness Shipbuilding Company. She was built in 1942 as Empire Bounty for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1946 and renamed Wave Victor with Pennant number X130. Her pennant number was later changed to A220. She served until scrapped in 1981.