&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMAS_Supply_Brisbane_1967.JPG) HMAS Supply being towed along the Brisbane river in late 1967
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Name | Tide Austral |
| Ordered | Late 1951 |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff |
| Cost | £A3.13 million |
| Laid down | 5 August 1952 |
| Launched | 1 September 1954 |
| Completed | 1955 |
| Fate | Loaned to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary on completion |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Tide Austral |
| Acquired | March 1955 |
| Commissioned | 28 May 1955 |
| Fate | Returned to Australia in 1962 |
 Australia | |
| Name | Tide Austral |
| Acquired | 15 August 1962 |
| Commissioned | 15 August 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 16 December 1985 |
| Renamed | HMAS Supply, 7 September 1962 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tide-class replenishment oiler |
| Displacement | 26,000 long tons (26,417 t) Full Load |
| Length | 583 feet (178 m) |
| Beam | 71 feet (22 m) |
| Draught | 32 feet (9.8 m) |
| Propulsion | 3 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 90 (RFA) |
HMAS Supply (AO 195) was a Tide-class replenishment oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Originally named Tide Austral and intended to be the first ship of a post-World War II Royal Australian Fleet Auxiliary, manpower and financial shortages meant that when the Belfast-built ship was launched in 1955, she could not be accepted into Australian service. Instead, she was loaned to the RFA, operating RFA Tide Austral (A99). In August 1962, the ship was commissioned directly into the RAN, then renamed a month later to HMAS Supply. Supply operated as part of the RAN until her decommissioning at the end of 1985.