[2] Tidereach was planned to operate with a normal complement of 100 Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel.

She had been assisting the Royal Navy with the exit of Anglo-French military units out of Port Said, Egypt.

[1] At the start of the 1960s, along with many other RFA vessels, Tidereach was involved in the 1st Cod War with Iceland, known as Operation Mint, the conflict was over fishing rights in the North Atlantic, and she deployed supporting Royal Navy warships off the coast of Iceland.

[1] During 1965 Tidereach was deployed during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, between January and August, to provide auxiliary support the Royal Navy in the Strait of Malacca, off Singapore and waters off the coast of Malaysia, in company with the RFA’s fleet support tanker Gold Ranger, the coastal tanker Eddyrock, the stores issuing ship Fort Charlotte and the fleet support tanker Wave Sovereign.

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