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HMAS Supply (AO-195) was a Tide class fleet oiler laid down by Harland and Wolff Limited at Belfast in Northern Ireland in August 1952, launched in September 1954 and operated by the British Admiralty with a civilian crew as the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Tide Austral. The ship was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy and commissioned as HMAS Tide Austral at Southampton on 15 August 1962, but was renamed HMAS Supply at Portsmouth on 7 September 1962. HMAS Supply paid off on 16 December 1985 after a career in which she provided important logistical support to RAN operations.