RFA Tideflow
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_underway_c1962.jpg) RFA Tideflow (A97) in August 1962
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| History | |
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| Name | RFA Tideflow |
| Laid down | 30 August 1953 |
| Launched | 30 August 1954 as Tiderace |
| In service | 25 January 1956 |
| Out of service | November 1975 |
| Renamed | 28 June 1958 Tideflow |
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| Fate | Scrapped, 1976 |
| Notes | [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tide-class replenishment oiler |
| Displacement | 26,000 long tons (26,417 t) |
| Length | 583 ft 4 in (177.80 m) |
| Beam | 71 ft 4 in (21.74 m) |
| Draught | 32 ft 1 in (9.78 m) |
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| Speed | 17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h) |
| Complement | 90 RFA |
RFA Tideflow (A97) was a Tide-class replenishment oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Commissioned in 1956, the ship was originally named Tiderace, but was renamed Tideflow in 1958 to avoid confusion with other members of the class.
Tideflow was decommissioned in November 1975, and arrived at Bilbao on 10 May 1976 to be broken up.
References
[edit]- ^ "RFA Tideflow - Historical RFA". historicalrfa.uk. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
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