RFA Tideflow (A97)
RFA Tideflow (A97) was a Tide-class replenishment oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
_underway_c1962.jpg) RFA Tideflow (A97) in August 1962 | |
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| Name: | RFA Tiderace |
| Laid down: | 30 August 1953 |
| Launched: | 30 August 1954 |
| Commissioned: | 25 January 1956 |
| Decommissioned: | November 1975 |
| Renamed: | RFA Tideflow, 28 June 1958 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 5360998 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1976 |
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| 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 |
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.
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