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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1947 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 Herald'' (1945-47)<br />
*RFA ''Wave Prince'' (1947-71)<br />
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|Ship builder=Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, [[Sunderland]]<br />
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|Ship launched=27 July 1945<br />
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'''RFA ''Wave Prince'' (A207)''' was a [[Wave class oiler|Wave-class]] fleet support tanker of the [[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]]. She was built by Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd at [[Sunderland]] and was employed as an underway replenishment oiler. During 1961-1962 she was modified extensively, laid up at [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport]] in August 1965 and arrived in [[Burriana]], Spain for scrapping on 16 December 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=RFA Wave Prince |url=https://historicalrfa.uk/rfa-wave-prince/ |website=historicalrfa.uk |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref><br />
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==References==<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:1945 ships]]<br />
[[Category:Ships built on the River Wear]]<br />
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