Improved Tide Class. Built 1963. 18900dwt. RFA Tidespring A75. In service until 1991. RFA Tidepool A76. Sold to Chile 1982.
Length overall: 583ft. Beam: 71ft Draught: 32ft. Depth: 40ft 6in
Aircraft: 3 x Westland Wessex helicopters. Machinery: 2 x Hawthorn Leslie/Pametrada geared turbines, 15,000shp, 2 X Foster Wheeler superheat boilers, single shaft Speed: 17 knots Complement: 110 plus embarked RN flight party