| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
| Yard number | 373 |
| Laid down | 27 October 1944 |
| Launched | 17 January 1946 |
| Completed | April 1946 |
| Out of service | January 1976 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wave-class tanker |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 16,650 tons (full load) |
| Length | 473 ft 6 in (144.32 m) |
| Beam | 64 ft 4 in (19.61 m) |
| Draught | 35 ft 4 in (10.77 m) |
| Installed power | 6,800 shp |
| Propulsion | Two steam turbines, double reduction geared, single screw propeller |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
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Wave Ruler was a 8,138 GRT Wave-class oiler that was built in 1946 as Empire Evesham by Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees, Co Durham, United Kingdom for the British Ministry of Transport. In 1947, she was transferred to the Admiralty and commissioned into the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) as Wave Ruler. She was in active service until 1970 when she was hulked in the Maldive Islands, serving RAF Gan until 1975. She was sold in 1976 and scrapped in Taiwan in 1977.