Welcome to RFA Wave Ruler’s website. I trust that the information and photographs about the ship, her people and role will be of interest. Enjoy the website and any feedback is always welcome.
Wave Ruler had an extremely busy 2009 that saw her deploying to the Far East in support of TAURUS 09 during which the requirement for a Fast Fleet Tanker with full aviation facilities and a decent turn of speed was fully validated and used to best effect. On return to the UK in the late Summer, Wave Ruler was programmed to support CinCFLEET as the 320 Tanker for reactive operations as well as being the FOST Tanker in parallel. During this time, Wave Ruler once again proved her versatility and exceptional capabilities in numerous roles including support to SSN training in the Clyde areas. The year concluded with a very hectic and highly successful period of pre-deployment training at Plymouth during which the ship was assessed in core war fighting, navigation, seamanship, communications, logistics, disaster relief, engineering, damage control and fire fighting to ensure that she was ready to deploy to the South Atlantic throughout 2010. The 2010 deployment to the Falklands will be the first time that a WAVE Class has deployed South and, once again, Wave Ruler finds herself as the pioneer and trend setter.
Wave Ruler is a new ship in a class of two “double hulled” Fast Fleet Tankers that have replaced the highly successful OL Class as the backbone of the Royal Navy’s front line afloat tanker support. She is a state of the art ship and although large is manned by a small and highly skilled crew who ensure that Wave Ruler runs smoothly.
As the Father of a young family, I am only too aware that in addition to the Ship’s Company there are also families and friends at home who support us. This website is essentially aimed at this vital group of people as well as our Affiliated Units and the general public especially any potential RFA recruits.
It is my hope that by keeping the news and photo sections up to date, that you will be able to follow our progress with interest. Many thanks for viewing the site and we are all ears if you can suggest better ways in which you can be kept informed of the Wave Ruler.
Shaun Jones
Captain RFA
Commanding Officer
RFA Wave Ruler was built by BAE Systems, being launched in 2001. She was accepted into service in 2003.
