HMAS Supply (A195)

HMAS Supply in June 2022
History
Australia
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	IMO number: 9816921 MMSI number: 503172000 Callsign: VKCX
Motto	Strengthen the Shield
Nickname(s)	Orca
Status	Under repair [a]
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	2 x MAN 18V 32/40 main engines 4 x MAN 7L21/31 generator sets
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 1x20mm Phalanx ?x12.7mm Browning Heavy Machine Gun
Aircraft carried	2xMH60R

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. It was confirmed in Senate estimates on 6 June 2024 that Supply is under repair in Western Australia. ^[2]

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