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<i>Tidespring</i> moored at Gosport in 1979</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ensign"><img alt="Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ensign" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg/56px-British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg/84px-British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg/112px-British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>RFA <i>Tidespring</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ordered</td><td>28 February 1961</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Leslie_and_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawthorn Leslie and Company">Hawthorn Leslie and Company</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Yard number</td><td>752</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>24 July 1961</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>3 May 1962</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In service</td><td>18 January 1963</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Out of service</td><td>18 December 1991</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/IMO_number" title="IMO number">IMO number</a>:&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/imo:5361033">5361033</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Maritime_call_sign" title="Maritime call sign">Callsign</a>: GJNC</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">Pennant number</a>: A75</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Helicopter_deck" title="Helicopter deck">Deck code</a>: TS</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Honours and<br />awards</td><td><a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falkland Islands 1982</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Scrapped 1992</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-helis-tidespringa75_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-helis-tidespringa75-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-historicalrfa-tidespringa75_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historicalrfa-tidespringa75-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Badge</td><td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tidespring_Ships_Badge.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Tidespring_Ships_Badge.gif/100px-Tidespring_Ships_Badge.gif" decoding="async" width="100" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Tidespring_Ships_Badge.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="132" data-file-height="160" /></a></span></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Tide-class_replenishment_oiler" title="Tide-class replenishment oiler">Tide-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Replenishment_oiler" title="Replenishment oiler">replenishment oiler</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tonnage</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">14,130&#160;<a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">7,411&#160;<a href="/wiki/Net_register_tonnage" title="Net register tonnage">NRT</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">17,400&#160;<a href="/wiki/Deadweight_tonnage" title="Deadweight tonnage">DWT</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>27,400 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (27,840&#160;t)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>583&#160;ft 8&#160;in (177.90&#160;m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>71&#160;ft 3&#160;in (21.72&#160;m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>32&#160;ft 1&#160;in (9.78&#160;m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Depth</td><td>40&#160;ft 6&#160;in (12.34&#160;m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Foster_Wheeler_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Foster Wheeler Corporation">Foster Wheeler</a> watertube steam boilers</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">15,000 shaft horsepower (11,000 kilowatts)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × Hawthorn Leslie/<a href="/wiki/Pametrada" class="mw-redirect" title="Pametrada">Pametrada</a> geared turbines, double reduction gearbox</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">single shaft</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>17 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (20&#160;mph; 31&#160;km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>110 - plus embarked RN flight party</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>3 × <a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">Westland Wessex</a> helicopters</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aviation facilities</td><td><a href="/wiki/Helicopter_deck" title="Helicopter deck">Helicopter deck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hangar" title="Hangar">hangar</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPuddefoot2009190_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPuddefoot2009190-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Service record</th> </tr> <tr><td>Operations:</td><td> <ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Operation Magister</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Corporate" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Corporate">Operation Corporate</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Paraquet" title="Operation Paraquet">Operation Paraquet</a></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>RFA <i>Tidespring</i> (A75)</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Tide-class_replenishment_oiler" title="Tide-class replenishment oiler">Tide-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Replenishment_oiler" title="Replenishment oiler">replenishment oiler</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a>. As a replenishment oiler, her main purpose was to refuel other ships. The ship had a long career in the RFA, entering service in the early 1960s, and finally being decommissioned in 1991. </p><p><i>Tidespring</i> took part in the <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a>, particularly in the recapture of <a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="South Georgia Island">South Georgia</a>. At the time, she was carrying "M" <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">Company</a> of <a href="/wiki/42_Commando" title="42 Commando">42 Commando</a> Royal Marines. The ship accommodated prisoners of war taken during operations. The Falklands conflict provided a reprieve of ten years for <i>Tidespring</i> which had been due to decommission in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-RFA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_construction">Design and construction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Tidespring_(A75)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Design and construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Tidespring</i> had a normal complement consisting 110 Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel with provision for up to twenty-four Royal Navy personnel. She was designed with abeam <a href="/wiki/Replenishment_at_sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Replenishment at sea">replenishment at sea</a> rigs, which had automatic tensioning winches and she had an astern fuelling rig. <i>Tidespring</i> was also fitted with a single spot 50 x 70 ft <a href="/wiki/Helicopter_deck" title="Helicopter deck">helicopter deck</a>, designed to be capable of handling the Royal Navy <a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">Westland Wessex</a> helicopters used at the time. She had <a href="/wiki/Hangar" title="Hangar">hangar</a> facilities for a single helicopter and could support aviation refuelling. The ship was built to carry 9,500 tons of <a href="/wiki/Furnace_Fuel_Oil" class="mw-redirect" title="Furnace Fuel Oil">Furnace Fuel Oil</a>, 5,500 tons of <a href="/wiki/Diesel_oil" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel oil">diesel oil</a> and 2,000 tons of <a href="/wiki/Avcat" class="mw-redirect" title="Avcat">avcat</a> and the forward hold could take dry cargo.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAdamsSmith2005105_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAdamsSmith2005105-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The construction of <i>Tidespring</i> was carried out by the shipbuilder <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Leslie" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawthorn Leslie">Hawthorn Leslie</a>, at Hebburn. The ship was laid down on 24 July 1961 and launched the following year on 3 May 1962. She displaced, fully loaded, 27,400 tons, was just under 584 ft in overall length and was capable of 17 knots.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPuddefoot2009190_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPuddefoot2009190-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Tidespring_(A75)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Tidespring</i> was completed and entered service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary on 18 January 1963, replacing the fleet support tanker <a href="/wiki/RFA_Wave_Master" title="RFA Wave Master"><i>Wave Master</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAdamsSmith2005108_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAdamsSmith2005108-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Task_Group_318">Task Group 318</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Tidespring_(A75)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Task Group 318"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Tidespring</i> was included in Task Group 318, the Aden Task Force, which was formed to secure the British military withdrawal from the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Aden" title="State of Aden">State of Aden</a>, and also known as Operation Magister, between 11 October 1967 and 25 January 1968. Along with <i>Tidespring</i>, the RFA contingent within the group were sister ship <a href="/wiki/RFA_Tideflow" title="RFA Tideflow"><i>Tideflow</i></a>, fast fleet tanker <a href="/wiki/RFA_Olna_(A123)" title="RFA Olna (A123)"><i>Olna</i></a>, the mobile bulk tanker <a href="/wiki/RFA_Dewdale_(A129)" title="RFA Dewdale (A129)"><i>Dewdale</i></a>, the support tanker <a href="/wiki/RFA_Appleleaf_(A83)" title="RFA Appleleaf (A83)"><i>Appleleaf</i></a>, two armament support ships <a href="/wiki/RFA_Retainer" title="RFA Retainer"><i>Retainer</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/RFA_Resurgent" title="RFA Resurgent"><i>Resurgent</i></a>, the fleet stores ship <a href="/wiki/RFA_Stromness" title="RFA Stromness"><i>Stromness</i></a>, an air stores support ship <a href="/wiki/RFA_Reliant_(A84)" title="RFA Reliant (A84)"><i>Reliant</i></a> and the armament stores carrier <a href="/wiki/RFA_Fort_Sandusky" title="RFA Fort Sandusky"><i>Fort Sandusky</i></a>. The Royal Navy warships consisted four <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_assault_ship" title="Amphibious assault ship">assault landing ships</a> and five <a href="/wiki/Landing_Ship,_Tank" title="Landing Ship, Tank">Landing Ship Tanks</a>, along with one <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAdamsSmith2005116_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAdamsSmith2005116-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exercise_Coral_Sands">Exercise Coral Sands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Tidespring_(A75)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Exercise Coral Sands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 20 September until 13 October 1968, <i>Tidespring</i> was deployed participating in Exercise Coral Sands which took place in the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Sea" title="Solomon Sea">Solomon Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea" title="Coral Sea">Coral Sea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shoalwater_Bay" title="Shoalwater Bay">Shoalwater Bay</a>, together with RFAs <i>Olna</i>, the ammunition, explosives and stores supply ship <a href="/wiki/RFA_Regent" title="RFA Regent"><i>Regent</i></a> and the fleet stores ship <a href="/wiki/RFA_Tarbatness" title="RFA Tarbatness"><i>Tarbatness</i></a>, and alongside the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>’s aircraft carriers <a href="/wiki/HMS_Albion_(R07)" title="HMS Albion (R07)"><i>Albion</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(R12)" title="HMS Hermes (R12)"><i>Hermes</i></a>, the destroyers <a href="/wiki/HMS_Glamorgan_(D19)" title="HMS Glamorgan (D19)"><i>Glamorgan</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Fife_(D20)" title="HMS Fife (D20)"><i>Fife</i></a>, the amphibious warfare ship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Intrepid_(L11)" title="HMS Intrepid (L11)"><i>Intrepid</i></a> and the heavy repair ship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Triumph_(R16)" title="HMS Triumph (R16)"><i>Triumph</i></a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a>’s aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(R17)" title="HMAS Sydney (R17)"><i>Sydney</i></a>, the replenishment oiler <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Supply_(AO_195)" title="HMAS Supply (AO 195)"><i>Supply</i></a> and the Escort Maintenance ship <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Stalwart_(D_215)" title="HMAS Stalwart (D 215)"><i>Stalwart</i></a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Navy" title="Royal New Zealand Navy">Royal New Zealand Navy</a>’s frigate <a href="/wiki/HMNZS_Waikato_(F55)" title="HMNZS Waikato (F55)"><i>Waikato</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Task_Group_317.1">Task Group 317.1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Tidespring_(A75)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Task Group 317.1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 8 June 1973, along with <i>Regent</i>, <i>Tidespring</i> deployed from <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Portsmouth" title="HMNB Portsmouth">HMNB Portsmouth</a> as part of Task Group 317.1, the first Group deployment, led by its Flagship the <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tiger_(C20)" title="HMS Tiger (C20)"><i>Tiger</i></a>. The group also included the <i>Leander</i>-class <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigates</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Dido_(F104)" title="HMS Dido (F104)"><i>Dido</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermione_(F58)" title="HMS Hermione (F58)"><i>Hermione</i></a>, and the <i>Rothesay</i>-class frigate <a href="/wiki/HMS_Rhyl_(F129)" title="HMS Rhyl (F129)"><i>Rhyl</i></a>. The Task Group arrived back to the United Kingdom on 21 December.<sup id="cite_ref-helis-tidespringa75_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-helis-tidespringa75-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Task_Group_317.3">Task Group 317.3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Tidespring_(A75)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Task Group 317.3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She departed the United Kingdom as part of Task Group 317.3 on 22 July 1975 along with RFAs <a href="/wiki/RFA_Gold_Rover" title="RFA Gold Rover"><i>Gold Rover</i></a> and <i>Tarbatness</i> to provide auxiliary support for the County-class guided missile <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Glamorgan_(D19)" title="HMS Glamorgan (D19)"><i>Glamorgan</i></a>, the group <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-historicalrfa-tidespringa75_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historicalrfa-tidespringa75-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/8th_Frigate_Squadron_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom)">8th Frigate Squadron</a> provided the rest of the Royal Navy warships with the <i>Leander</i>-class frigate <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ajax_(F114)" title="HMS Ajax (F114)"><i>Ajax</i></a>, the <i>Rothesay</i>-class frigates <a href="/wiki/HMS_Berwick_(F115)" title="HMS Berwick (F115)"><i>Berwick</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Plymouth_(F126)" title="HMS Plymouth (F126)"><i>Plymouth</i></a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lead_ship" title="Lead ship">lead ship</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Rothesay_(F107)" title="HMS Rothesay (F107)"><i>Rothesay</i></a>. The Task Group arrived back to the United Kingdom on 14 April 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-helis-tidespringa75_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-helis-tidespringa75-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Silver_Jubilee_Fleet_Review">Silver Jubilee Fleet Review</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Tidespring_(A75)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Silver Jubilee Fleet Review"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 25 June 1977 <i>Tidespring</i> was present at the <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Review#Commonwealth_realms" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleet Review">Silver Jubilee Fleet Review</a>, with eight other RFA vessels.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Task_Group_317.7">Task Group 317.7</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Tidespring_(A75)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Task Group 317.7"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 31 May 1978, along with RFA’s <a href="/wiki/RFA_Green_Rover" title="RFA Green Rover"><i>Green Rover</i></a> and <i>Stromness</i>, she departed HMNB Portsmouth involved in Task Group 317.7, led by the Royal Navy’s converted helicopter cruiser <a href="/wiki/HMS_Blake_(C99)" title="HMS Blake (C99)"><i>Blake</i></a>, the task group’s flagship,<sup id="cite_ref-historicalrfa-tidespringa75_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historicalrfa-tidespringa75-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and accompanied by the Royal Navy's <i>Leander</i>-class frigate <a href="/wiki/HMS_Juno_(F52)" title="HMS Juno (F52)"><i>Juno</i></a>. The deployment was for six and half months, covering the <a href="/wiki/Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific">Pacific</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic">Atlantic</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>. Completing the group from <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Devonport" title="HMNB Devonport">HMNB Devonport</a> were the <i>Amazon</i>-class frigate <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ambuscade_(F172)" title="HMS Ambuscade (F172)"><i>Ambuscade</i></a> and the <i>Leander</i>-class frigates <i>Hermione</i> and name ship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Leander_(F109)" title="HMS Leander (F109)"><i>Leander</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-helis-tidespringa75_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-helis-tidespringa75-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>While on this deployment <i>Tidespring</i> visited <a href="/wiki/Naval_Base_San_Diego" title="Naval Base San Diego">Naval Base San Diego</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>’s facility at San Diego, California, on 28 August. She returned to the United Kingdom for 13 December 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-broadsword_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-broadsword-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Paraquet">Operation Paraquet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Tidespring_(A75)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Operation Paraquet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Tidespring</i> was involved with the operation to recapture the island of <a href="/wiki/South_Georgia" title="South Georgia">South Georgia</a> from <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_South_Georgia" title="Invasion of South Georgia">Argentine military control</a>, designated <a href="/wiki/Operation_Paraquet" title="Operation Paraquet">Operation Paraquet</a>, during the early stages of the <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a>. She was part of the task force led by the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Antrim_(D18)" title="HMS Antrim (D18)"><i>Antrim</i></a>, which also included two frigates: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Plymouth_(F126)" title="HMS Plymouth (F126)"><i>Plymouth</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Brilliant_(F90)" title="HMS Brilliant (F90)"><i>Brilliant</i></a>, plus the Royal Navy’s ice <a href="/wiki/Patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrol vessel">patrol vessel</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Endurance_(1967)" title="HMS Endurance (1967)"><i>Endurance</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-helis-paraquat_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-helis-paraquat-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two <a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">Westland Wessex</a> HU.5 troop transporter helicopters, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_military_aircraft_registration_number" title="United Kingdom military aircraft registration number">serial nos.</a> XT464 and XT473, of <a href="/wiki/845_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="845 Naval Air Squadron">845 Naval Air Squadron</a>, ‘C’ Flight, embarked on 11 April 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-helis-tidespringa75_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-helis-tidespringa75-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 22 April both helicopters were lost when attempting to <a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">airlift</a> D Squadron, 22 <a href="/wiki/Special_Air_Service" title="Special Air Service">Special Air Service</a> (SAS), from the <a href="/wiki/Fortuna_Glacier" title="Fortuna Glacier">Fortuna Glacier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-helis-paraquat_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-helis-paraquat-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The island was restored to <a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands_sovereignty_dispute" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands sovereignty dispute">British control</a> on 25 April and <i>Tidespring</i> sailed for <a href="/wiki/Ascension_Island" title="Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a> on 2 May with forty civilians from <a href="/wiki/Leith_Harbour" title="Leith Harbour">Leith Harbour</a> and 150 Argentine <a href="/wiki/POW" class="mw-redirect" title="POW">POWs</a> embarked.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Matchstick">Operation Matchstick</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Tidespring_(A75)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Operation Matchstick"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1983, between 1 and 4 February, <i>Tidespring</i> was involved in Operation Matchstick.<sup id="cite_ref-historicalrfa-tidespringa75_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historicalrfa-tidespringa75-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This was an understated <a href="/wiki/Strategic_goal_(military)" title="Strategic goal (military)">objective</a> to prevent any attempt by Argentina to return to <a href="/wiki/Thule_Island" title="Thule Island">Thule Island</a>, the southernmost of the <a href="/wiki/South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Sandwich Islands">South Sandwich Islands</a>, in the South Atlantic. Crews from the <i>Leander</i>-class frigate <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ariadne_(F72)" title="HMS Ariadne (F72)"><i>Ariadne</i></a> and <i>Tidespring</i> demolished the buildings of the former base, but left a flagpole, two weather beacons, and a fully provisioned hut.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armilla_patrol">Armilla patrol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Tidespring_(A75)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Armilla patrol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>November 1986 saw <i>Tidespring</i> deployed to the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Armilla_Patrol" class="mw-redirect" title="Armilla Patrol">Armilla Patrol</a>, the Royal Navy's permanent presence in the area at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-helis-tidespringa75_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-helis-tidespringa75-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> She operated with the Royal Navy's Type 42 destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Cardiff_(D108)" title="HMS Cardiff (D108)"><i>Cardiff</i></a>, along with the lead ship of her class, the Type 22 frigate <a href="/wiki/HMS_Broadsword_(F88)" title="HMS Broadsword (F88)"><i>Broadsword</i></a>, as well as the United States Navy’s aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)" title="USS Enterprise (CVN-65)"><i>Enterprise</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-historicalrfa-tidespringa75_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historicalrfa-tidespringa75-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Between October and December 1987 a <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lynx" title="Westland Lynx">Westland Lynx</a> helicopter detachment of 241 Flight parented by <a href="/wiki/815_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="815 Naval Air Squadron">815 Naval Air Squadron</a>, from the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Birmingham_(D86)" title="HMS Birmingham (D86)"><i>Birmingham</i></a>, was embarked in <i>Tidespring</i>. Her Armilla patrol deployment ended in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-helis-tidespringa75_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-helis-tidespringa75-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Eldorado">Operation Eldorado</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Tidespring_(A75)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Operation Eldorado"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1 June through to August 1988 she was part of Operation Eldorado, a safety deployment<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAdamsSmith2005150_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAdamsSmith2005150-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and she stood by off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Monrovia" title="Monrovia">Monrovia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the&#160;<a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital</a>&#160;and largest city of <a href="/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a>, to assist with any evacuation required during the <a href="/wiki/First_Liberian_Civil_War" title="First Liberian Civil War">First Liberian Civil War</a>, once again supporting the frigate <i>Broadsword</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-broadsword_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-broadsword-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> as well as the <i>Leander</i>-class frigate&#160;<a href="/wiki/HMS_Phoebe_(F42)" title="HMS Phoebe (F42)"><i>Phoebe</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decommissioning_and_fate">Decommissioning and fate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFA_Tidespring_(A75)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Decommissioning and fate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By December 1991 she was laid up at Portsmouth and was eventually towed out on 20 March 1992 for <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">the breakers</a>, arriving at the <a href="/wiki/Alang_Ship_Breaking_Yard" title="Alang Ship Breaking Yard">Alang Ship Breaking Yard</a>, India, for demolition on 2 July 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-RFA_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle_honours">Battle honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Active_(F171)" title="HMS Active (F171)"><i>Active</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Alacrity_(F174)" title="HMS Alacrity (F174)"><i>Alacrity</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ambuscade_(F172)" title="HMS Ambuscade (F172)"><i>Ambuscade</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Andromeda_(F57)" title="HMS Andromeda (F57)"><i>Andromeda</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Antelope_(F170)" title="HMS Antelope (F170)"><i>Antelope</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Antrim_(D18)" title="HMS Antrim (D18)"><i>Antrim</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ardent_(F184)" title="HMS Ardent (F184)"><i>Ardent</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Argonaut_(F56)" title="HMS Argonaut (F56)"><i>Argonaut</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Arrow_(F173)" title="HMS Arrow (F173)"><i>Arrow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Avenger_(F185)" title="HMS Avenger (F185)"><i>Avenger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Brilliant_(F90)" title="HMS Brilliant (F90)"><i>Brilliant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bristol_(D23)" title="HMS Bristol (D23)"><i>Bristol</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Broadsword_(F88)" title="HMS Broadsword (F88)"><i>Broadsword</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cardiff_(D108)" title="HMS Cardiff (D108)"><i>Cardiff</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Conqueror_(S48)" title="HMS Conqueror (S48)"><i>Conqueror</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cordella" title="HMS Cordella"><i>Cordella</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Courageous_(S50)" title="HMS Courageous (S50)"><i>Courageous</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Coventry_(D118)" title="HMS Coventry (D118)"><i>Coventry</i></a> <sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dumbarton_Castle_(P265)" title="HMS Dumbarton Castle (P265)"><i>Dumbarton Castle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Endurance_(1967)" title="HMS Endurance (1967)"><i>Endurance</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Exeter_(D89)" title="HMS Exeter (D89)"><i>Exeter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RV_Odyssey_Explorer" title="RV Odyssey Explorer"><i>Farnella</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Fearless_(L10)" title="HMS Fearless (L10)"><i>Fearless</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Glamorgan_(D19)" title="HMS Glamorgan (D19)"><i>Glamorgan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Glasgow_(D88)" title="HMS Glasgow (D88)"><i>Glasgow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hecla_(A133)" title="HMS Hecla (A133)"><i>Hecla</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Herald_(H138)" title="HMS Herald (H138)"><i>Herald</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(R12)" title="HMS Hermes (R12)"><i>Hermes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hydra_(A144)" title="HMS Hydra (A144)"><i>Hydra</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Intrepid_(L11)" title="HMS Intrepid (L11)"><i>Intrepid</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Invincible_(R05)" title="HMS Invincible (R05)"><i>Invincible</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Junella" title="HMS 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg/60px-British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">Naval Auxiliary (RFA)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Westralia_(O_195)" title="HMAS Westralia (O 195)">Appleleaf</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RFA_Brambleleaf_(A81)" title="RFA Brambleleaf (A81)"><i>Brambleleaf</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RFA_Bayleaf_(A109)" title="RFA Bayleaf (A109)"><i>Bayleaf</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NRP_B%C3%A9rrio" title="NRP Bérrio"><i>Blue Rover</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RFA_Engadine_(K08)" title="RFA Engadine (K08)"><i>Engadine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RFA_Fort_Austin" title="RFA Fort Austin"><i>Fort Austin</i></a></li> <li><i><a 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