RFA Wave Knight Fast Fleet Tankers
| Builder | BAE Systems, Barrow-in-Furness | ||||||||||||||||
| Length | 196.5 Metres / 640 feet | ||||||||||||||||
| Breadth | 28.25 Metres | ||||||||||||||||
| Draught | 9.97 Metres | ||||||||||||||||
| Displacement, full | 31,500 Tonnes | ||||||||||||||||
| Displacement, standard | 12,500 Tonnes | ||||||||||||||||
| Gross Tonnage | 23,294 t | ||||||||||||||||
| Deadweight | 18,260 t | ||||||||||||||||
| Cargo capacity | 16,000 tonnes | ||||||||||||||||
| Machinery |
| TOTAL POWER UNITS | 18776 SHP | PROPS | 1 | Speed | 18 Knots | range | 10000 (nm) | RANGE / ENDURANCE | 8000nm @ 18kts | Complement | 80 RFA + 22 RN troops | Armament |
| Flight | Deck 1 spot for Merlin helicopter | |
| RFA vessel | Launch | Commission | Planned decom |
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| Wave Knight | 29 Sep 2000 | 16 Oct 2002 | 2028 |
| Wave Ruler | 31 Oct 2002 | 01 Apr 2003 | 2028 |
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