RFA Tideflow

For other ships with the same name, see RFA Tiderace.

RFA Tideflow (A97) in August 1962
History
United Kingdom
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
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 Tideflow (A97) was a Tide-class replenishment oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

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.