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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
28 February 1961 |
| Laid down: |
14 December 1961 |
| Launched: |
11 December 1962 |
| Commissioned: |
28 June 1963 |
| Decommissioned: |
13 August 1982 |
| Fate: |
Sold to Chile in February 1982 but was recalled for the Falklands War. Finally handed over to Chilean Navy on 13 August 1982 and renamed ALMIRANTE JORGE MONTT. |
| Struck: |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
27,400 tons |
| Length: |
583' 08" |
| Beam: |
71' 03" |
| Draught: |
32' 01" |
| Propulsion: |
2 Foster Wheeler watertube steam boilers, 2 x Parmetrada steam turbines, double reduction gearbox, single shaft |
| Speed: |
17 knots |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
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| Armament: |
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| Aircraft: |
Three Westland Wessex helicopters |
| Motto: |
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RFA Tidepool (A76) was a fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Tidepool had a long and busy life in the fleet. The ship participated in both the Cod War and the Beira Patrol during the 1970s. In 1982 when the Falklands War broke out Tidepool was actually on its way to Chile to be disposed of. The ship was temporarily reclaimed by the United Kingdom and passed into Chilean hands in August 1982.
