Launched in 1954, the ship was originally named Tiderange but was renamed in 1958 to avoid confusion with other members of the class. She was decommissioned in 1976 and left Portsmouth under tow on 19 April 1977 for Valencia where she was scrapped in June 1977.[1][2]
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^"RFA Tidesurge". historicalrfa.org. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
tidesurge, other, ships, with, same, name, tidesurge, tide, class, replenishment, oiler, royal, fleet, auxiliary, 1967history, united, kingdom, namerfa, tiderange, laid, down1, july, 1953, launched1, july, 1954, commissioned30, august, 1955, decommissionedmay,. For other ships with the same name see RFA Tidesurge RFA Tidesurge A98 was a Tide class replenishment oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary RFA Tidesurge A98 in 1967History United Kingdom NameRFA Tiderange Laid down1 July 1953 Launched1 July 1954 Commissioned30 August 1955 DecommissionedMay 1976 RenamedRFA Tidesurge 28 June 1958 IdentificationIMO number 5361045 FateScrapped June 1977 General characteristics Class and typeTide class replenishment oiler Displacement26 000 long tons 26 417 t Length583 ft 4 in 177 80 m Beam71 ft 4 in 21 74 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 Launched in 1954 the ship was originally named Tiderange but was renamed in 1958 to avoid confusion with other members of the class She was decommissioned in 1976 and left Portsmouth under tow on 19 April 1977 for Valencia where she was scrapped in June 1977 1 2 References edit RFA Tidesurge historicalrfa org Retrieved 20 December 2020 Tiderange 5361045 Miramar Ship Index Retrieved 20 December 2020 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to IMO 5361045 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 Tidesurge A98 amp oldid 1186528614, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
