RFA Tidesurge (A98)

History
RFA Tidesurge (A98) in 1967
United Kingdom
Name:	RFA Tiderange
Laid down:	1 July 1953
Launched:	1 July 1954
Commissioned:	30 August 1955
Decommissioned:	May 1976
Renamed:	RFA Tidesurge, 28 June 1958
Fate:	Scrapped, 1977
General characteristics
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)
Propulsion:	2 × Parmetrada steam turbines 3 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Speed:	17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h)
Complement:	90 RFA

RFA Tidesurge (A98) was a Tide-class replenishment oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Launched in 1954, the ship was originally named Tiderange but was renamed in 1958 to avoid confusion with other members of the class.

Decommissioned in 1976, Tidesurge left Portsmouth under tow on 19 April 1977 for Valencia to be broken up.

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