She was accepted into service in 2003 and is the second ship to bear this name in RFA service. Wave Knight was built by VSEL (after 1999, BAE Systems Marine) in Barrow-in-Furness, being launched in 2000. RFA Wave Knight is a Wave-class fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) of the United Kingdom tasked with providing fuel, food, fresh water, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world. 2 × Vulcan Phalanx CIWS (all weapons removed given uncrewed reserve status)ġ Merlin helicopter with full hangar facilities.150 tonnes of fresh food in eight 20 ft refrigerated container units.Ĩ0 Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel with provision for 22 Royal Navy personnel for helicopter and weapons systems operations.16,000 m 3 of liquids (of which 3,000 m 3 aviation fuel & 380 m 3 fresh water). 18t thrust electric Kamewa bow thruster and 12t thrust electric stern thruster, both powered by Cegelec variable speed drives and motorsġ0,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h).
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