| RFA Tidepool (A76) | |
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| Career |  |
| Name: | RFA Tidepool |
| Ordered: | 28 February 1961 |
| Laid down: | 14 December 1961 |
| Launched: | 11 December 1962 |
| Commissioned: | 28 June 1963 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 August 1982 |
| Fate: | Sold to Chile, 1982 |
| Career (Chile) |  |
| Name: | Almirante Jorge Montt |
| Namesake: | Jorge Montt |
| Commissioned: | 13 August 1982 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 December 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Tide-class replenishment oiler |
| Displacement: | 27,400 long tons (27,840 t) |
| Length: | 583 ft 8 in (177.90 m) |
| Beam: | 71 ft 3 in (21.72 m) |
| Draught: | 32 ft 1 in (9.78 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × Parmetrada steam turbines 2 × Foster Wheeler watertube steam boilers Double reduction gearbox, single shaft |
| Speed: | 17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h) |
| Complement: | 90 (RFA) |
| Aircraft carried: | Three Westland Wessex helicopters |
| Service record | |
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| Operations: |
Cod War Beira Patrol Falklands War |
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 actually 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.
RFA Tidepool in the Total Exclusion Zone, May 1982.
References[]
- Chilean Navy website Almirante Jorge Montt
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