RFA Wave Laird

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RFA Wave Laird (A119) was a Wave-class fleet support tanker in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was built in 1946 as Empire Dunbar by Sir J Laing & Sons in Sunderland for the Ministry of Transport. She was completed and commissioned on 30 September 1946, with London as her port of registry and Official Number 180967; her pennant began as X129 and later changed to A119.

She served the Royal Fleet Auxiliary from 1946 until 1961, when she was laid up at HMNB Devonport. Wave Laird was scrapped in March 1970 at Gandia, Spain.

Key facts
- Class: Wave-class fleet tanker
- Built: 1946 by Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland (yard number 767)
- originally named: Empire Dunbar
- Registry: London; Official Number 180967; Pennant X129 (later A119)
- Dimensions: 493 ft 8 in long overall; beam 64 ft 1 in; draught 28 ft 6 in
- Tonnage: 8,187 GRT, 4,562 NRT; displacement 16,650 tons full load
- Propulsion: 2 Metrovick steam turbines, 6,800 shp, 1 propeller; speed 15 knots
- Notable service: Korea 1950–51; various incidents including steering and boiler problems in 1946–47; 1951 collision off Singapore; 1956 Operation Musketeer; 1960 Cod Wars support
- Fate: Laid up in 1961; scrapped March 1970 in Gandia, Spain