History
RFA EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameRFA Tidepool
Ordered28 February 1961
BuilderHawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down14 December 1961
Launched11 December 1962
Commissioned28 June 1963
Decommissioned13 August 1982
IdentificationIMO number: 5425607
FateSold to Chile, 1982
Chile
NameAlmirante Jorge Montt
NamesakeJorge Montt
Commissioned13 August 1982
Decommissioned15 December 1997
IdentificationIMO number: 5425607
General characteristics
Class and typeTide-class replenishment oiler
Displacement27,400 long tons (27,840 t)
Length583 ft 8 in (177.90 m)
Beam71 ft 3 in (21.72 m)
Draught32 ft 1 in (9.78 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Parmetrada steam turbines
  • 2 × Foster Wheeler watertube steam boilers
  • Double reduction gearbox, single shaft
Speed17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h)
Complement90 (RFA)
Aircraft carriedThree Westland Wessex helicopters
Service record
Operations:

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.

RFA Tidepool in the Total Exclusion Zone, May 1982.

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