Name RFA Tidereach Laid down 2 June 1953 Decommissioned March 1978 Launched 2 June 1954 Builder Swan Hunter | Yard number 1847 Commissioned 30 August 1955 Construction started 2 June 1953 Draft 9.78 m | |
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Fate Sold for scrap, 22 February 1979 | ||
RFA Tidereach (A96) was a Tide-class replenishment oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Laid down on 2 June 1953 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, and launched on 2 June 1954, Tidereach was commissioned on 30 August 1955 and served until March 1978.
She was then laid up in Portsmouth for disposal. On 22 February 1979 she was sold for scrap, and left Portsmouth under tow on 16 March 1979. On 20 March 1979 she arrived at Bilbao, Spain to be broken up.
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