HMAS Supply (A195)
Supply-class replenishment oiler of Royal Australian Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see HMAS Supply.
HMAS Supply (A195), named after the Royal Navy ship HMS Supply, is the lead ship of the Supply-class replenishment oilers built for the Royal Australian Navy by Navantia at their yard in Ferrol, Spain. The Australian Supply-class ships are based on the Spanish Navy's replenishment oiler Cantabria. The vessel was launched on 18 November 2017 and commissioned on 10 April 2021.
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HMAS Supply in June 2022 | |
History | |
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Name | Supply |
Namesake | HMAS Supply |
Ordered | 10 March 2016 |
Builder | Navantia |
Laid down | 18 November 2017 |
Launched | 25 November 2018 |
Commissioned | 10 April 2021 |
Identification |
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Motto | Strengthen the Shield |
Nickname(s) | Orca |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Supply-class replenishment oiler |
Displacement | 19,500 t (19,200 long tons) full load |
Length | 173.9 m (570 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 23 m (75 ft 6 in) maximum |
Draught | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | Over 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 122 |
Armament | 2x25mm Typhoon ?x12.7mm Browning Heavy Machine Gun |
Aircraft carried | 2xMH60R |
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