RFA Tidereach with carrier HMS Hermes (R12) |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | RFA Tidereach |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend |
| Yard number: | 1847 |
| Laid down: | 2 June 1953 |
| Launched: | 2 June 1954 |
| Commissioned: | 30 August 1955 |
| Decommissioned: | March 1978 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 22 February 1979 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tide-class replenishment oiler |
| Displacement: | 26,000 long tons (26,417 t) |
| Length: | 583 ft 2 in (177.75 m) o/a 561 ft (171 m) w/l |
| Beam: | 71 ft 3 in (21.72 m) |
| Draught: | 32 ft 1 in (9.78 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Parmetrada steam turbines 3 × Babcock and Wilcox boilers |
| Speed: | 17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h) |
| Complement: | 90 RFA |
| Armament: | Fitted for, but not with, light AA guns |
RFA Tidereach (A96) was a Tide-class replenishment oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Laid down on 2 June 1953 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, and launched on 2 June 1954, Tidereach was commissioned on 30 August 1955 and served until March 1978.
She was then laid up in Portsmouth for disposal. On 22 February 1979 she was sold for scrap, and left Portsmouth under tow on 16 March 1979. On 20 March 1979 she arrived at Bilbao, Spain to be broken up.