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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
1953 at Swan Hunter & Wigram Richardson, Wallsend, Yard No 1847 |
| Launched: |
2 June 1954 |
| Commissioned: |
30 August 1955 |
| Decommissioned: March 1978, Laid up in Portsmouth for disposal |
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| Fate:22 February 1979 sold for scrap |
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| Struck: 20th March 1979 arrived Bilbao, Spain, for demolition |
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| General Characteristics |
| Displacement: |
26,000 tons full load |
| Length:583.2 feet OA, 561 feet @ WL, |
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| Beam:71 feet |
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| Draught: about 32 feet |
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| Propulsion: |
3 Babcock and Wilcox boilers |
| Speed: |
17 knots |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
90 RFA |
| Armament: fitted for, but not with, light AA guns |
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RFA Tidereach (A96) was a fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
