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.[1]
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.[1]
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tidereach, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, february, 2024, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources RFA Tidereach news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2024 Learn how and when to remove this message RFA Tidereach A96 was a Tide class replenishment oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary 1 RFA Tidereach with the aircraft carrier HMS HermesHistory United Kingdom NameRFA Tidereach BuilderSwan Hunter amp Wigham Richardson Wallsend Yard number1847 Laid down2 June 1953 Launched2 June 1954 Commissioned30 August 1955 DecommissionedMarch 1978 IdentificationIMO number 5361021 FateSold for scrap 22 February 1979 General characteristics Class and typeTide class replenishment oiler Displacement26 000 long tons 26 417 t Length583 ft 2 in 177 75 m o a 561 ft 171 m w l Beam71 ft 3 in 21 72 m Draught32 ft 1 in 9 78 m Propulsion2 Parmetrada steam turbines 3 Babcock amp Wilcox boilers Speed17 knots 20 mph 31 km h Complement90 RFA ArmamentFitted for but not with light AA guns Laid down on 2 June 1953 by Swan Hunter amp Wigham Richardson and launched on 2 June 1954 Tidereach was commissioned on 30 August 1955 and served until March 1978 1 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 1 References edit a b c RFA Tidereach Historical RFA 15 October 2008 Retrieved 10 February 2024 nbsp This article about a specific naval auxiliary ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RFA Tidereach amp oldid 1207826275, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
