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Empire Dunbar was built by Sir J Laing &amp; Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the Ministry of Transport. She was launched on 3 April 1946 and completed on 30 September 1946 as RFA "Wave Laird" for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Her port of registry was London. She was allocated the United Kingdom Official Number 180967 and the Pennant number X129. This was later changed to A119.