Wave-class oiler

RFA Wave Conqueror, pictured in 1952
Class overview
Name	Wave class
Builders	Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill-on-Tees Harland and Wolff, Govan Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Operators	Ministry of War Transport Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Preceded by	Ranger class
Succeeded by	Surf class
Built	1943–1946
In commission	1944–1974
Completed	20
General characteristics
Type	Replenishment oiler
Displacement	16,476 long tons (16,740 t) to 16,483 long tons (16,748 t)
Length	465 ft (142 m) (p/p) 492 ft (150 m) (o/a)
Beam	64 ft 4 in (19.61 m)
Draught	28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Propulsion	Parsons double reduction geared turbines 3 drum type boilers
Speed	15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity	11,900 long tons (12,091 t)

The Wave class was a class of twenty replenishment oilers built for service supporting the Royal Navy (RN) during the later years of the Second World War. They were subsequently transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom, after the end of the war, and went on to support British and allied fleet units in Cold War conflicts such as the Korean War.