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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
1953 |
| Launched: |
1 September 1954 |
| Commissioned: |
28 May 1955 |
| Decommissioned: |
1962 |
| Fate: |
Sold to Australia. |
| Struck: |
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| General Characteristics |
| Displacement: |
26,000 tons |
| Length: |
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| Beam: |
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| Draught: |
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| Propulsion: |
3 Babcock and Wilcox boilers |
| Speed: |
17 knots |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
90 RFA |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft: |
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RFA Tide Austral (A99) was a fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. The ship saw seven years of service with the RFA before being sold to Australia and commissioned in the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Supply.
