16 August 2021
RAN's HMAS Supply AOR conducts its first replenishment at sea
by Gabriel Dominguez
The Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) first Supply-class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) has conducted its first-ever replenishment at sea (RAS), according to a 13 August statement by the Department of Defence (DoD).
HMAS Supply, which was commissioned on 10 April, recently transferred fuel to RAN Anzac-class frigate HMAS Anzac off the east coast of Australia in a move that marked “a significant milestone for [the] navy's refuel and resupply-at-sea capability, which is critical to extending time at sea for Australian and allied ships”, according to the DoD.
By completing its first RAS with Anzac, Supply
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