Name RFA Tidepool Laid down 14 December 1961 Decommissioned 13 August 1982 Construction started 14 December 1961 Length 178 m Operations Cod Wars, Falklands War | Ordered 28 February 1961 Commissioned 28 June 1963 Fate Sold to Chile, 1982 Launched 11 December 1962 Draft 9.78 m | |
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RFA Tidepool (A76) was a Tide-class replenishment oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Tidepool had a long and busy life in the fleet. The ship participated in both the Cod Wars and the Beira Patrol during the 1970s. In 1982 when the Falklands War broke out Tidepool was on its way to Chile to be disposed of. The ship was temporarily reclaimed by the United Kingdom and was finally handed over to the Chilean Navy on 13 August 1982 and renamed Almirante Jorge Montt.
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