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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
2 June 1953 at Swan Hunter & Wigram Richardson, Wallsend, Yard No 1847 |
| Launched: |
2 June 1954 |
| Commissioned: |
30 August 1955 |
| Decommissioned: |
March 1978. Laid up in Portsmouth for disposal. |
| Fate: |
22 February 1979 sold for scrap. Sailed Portsmouth in tow for demolition at Bilbao on 16 March 1979 |
| Struck: |
20 March 1979 arrived Bilbao, Spain for demolition |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
26,000 tons full load |
| Length: |
583' 02" OA, 561 feet @ WL, |
| Beam: |
71' 03" |
| Draught: |
32' 01.25" |
| Propulsion: |
2 x Parmetrada steam turbines. 3 Babcock and Wilcox boilers |
| Speed: |
17 knots |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
90 RFA |
| Armament: |
fitted for, but not with, light AA guns |
| Aircraft: |
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| Motto: |
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RFA Tidereach (A96) was a fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
