Tide-class replenishment oiler

Class overview
RFA Tidesurge (A98)
Name	Tide class
Operators	Royal Fleet Auxiliary Royal Australian Navy Chilean Navy
Preceded by	RFA Olna
Succeeded by	Ol class
Built	1953–1963
In commission	1955–1992
Completed	6
General characteristics
Type	Replenishment oiler
Displacement	26,000 long tons (26,417 t) full load or 27,400 long tons (27,840 t) (Tidepool & Tidespring)
Length	583 ft (178 m)
Beam	71 ft (22 m)
Draught	32 ft (9.8 m)
Propulsion	2 × Parmetrada steam turbines 3 × Babcock & Wilcox Boilers or 2 × Foster Wheeler Watertube steam boilers (Tidepool & Tidespring) Double reduction gearbox, single shaft
Speed	17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h)
Complement	90 (RFA)

The Tide class was a series of six replenishment oilers used by the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), and the Chilean Navy.

The class was based on RFA Olna, which had served with the British Pacific Fleet during World War II.^[1] Three ships were laid down for the RFA in 1953, with a fourth being ordered by the RAN at the same time.^[1] Two more ships, built for the RFA to a modified design, were launched in 1962.

Upon completion, the Australian Tide Austral could not be accepted into service because of manpower and financial difficulties. The ship was instead loaned to the RFA from 1955 until 1962, when she was returned to the RAN and commissioned as HMAS Supply. She was paid off in 1985.^[1]

The first three ships were removed from service and scrapped during the late 1970s. The two modified ships, Tidespring and Tidepool saw service in the Falklands War, after which Tidepool was sold to the Chilean Navy and renamed Almirante Jorge Montt.^[2] Tidespring remained with the RFA and was scrapped in 1992. Supply remained with the RAN until 1985.

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Ships

Name	Pennant	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
Tidereach	A96	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend	2 June 1953	2 June 1954	30 August 1955	March 1978	Broken up at Bilbao, 1979
Tideflow (ex-Tiderace)	A97	J.L. Thompson and Sons, Sunderland	30 August 1953	30 August 1953	25 January 1956	November 1975	Broken up at Bilbao, 1976
Tidesurge (ex-Tiderange)	A98	Sir James Laing & Sons, Sunderland	1 July 1953	1 July 1954	30 August 1955	May 1976	Broken up at Valencia, 1977
Tide Austral	A99	Harland and Wolff, Belfast	5 August 1952	1 September 1954	28 May 1955	15 August 1962	Returned to Australia as HMAS Supply
Tidespring	A75	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	24 July 1961	3 May 1962	18 January 1963	13 December 1991	Broken up at Alang, 1992
Tidepool	A76	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	14 December 1961	11 December 1962	28 June 1963	13 August 1982	Sold to Chile as Almirante Jorge Montt, 1982

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Donohue, From Empire Defense to the Long Haul, p 106
^ Sharpe (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships, 1996-1997, p. 111

Sources

Donohue, Hector (October 1996). From Empire Defence to the Long Haul: post-war defence policy and its impact on naval force structure planning 1945-1955. Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs. Vol. 1. Canberra: Sea Power Centre. ISBN 0-642-25907-0. ISSN 1327-5658. OCLC 36817771.
Sharpe, Richard, ed. (March 1996). Jane's Fighting Ships, 1996-97 (99th ed.). Surrey: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-1355-5. OCLC 34998928.

v t e Tide-class replenishment oilers
Royal Navy	Tidereach Tideflow (ex-Tiderace) Tidesurge Tide Austral Tidespring Tidepool
Royal Australian Navy	Supply (ex-Tide Austral)
Chilean Navy	Almirante Jorge Montt (ex-Tidepool)
List of replenishment ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy

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