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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1946 Wave-class oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary}}<br />
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|Ship country=United Kingdom<br />
|Ship flag=[[File:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg|60px|RFA Ensign]]<br />
|Ship name=*SS ''Empire Salisbury'' (1944-46)<br />
*RFA ''Wave Master'' (1946-63)<br />
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'''RFA ''Wave Master'' (A193)''' was a [[Wave class oiler|Wave-class]] fleet support tanker of the [[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]].<br />
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She was built as ''Empire Salisbury'' by Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd, and transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1946. She was laid up at [[Singapore]] on 23 September 1962, and scrapped at [[Jurong]] in May 1963.<ref>{{cite web |title=RFA Wave Master |url=https://historicalrfa.uk/rfa-wave-master/ |accessdate=5 January 2020}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Wave-class oilers]]<br />
[[Category:Tankers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary]]<br />
[[Category:Ministry of War Transport ships]]<br />
[[Category:World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom]]<br />
[[Category:1944 ships]]<br />
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