Two ships of the

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(RAN) have been named HMAS ''Supply''. Named for armed tender that was part of First Fleet. * , a Tide-class replenishment oiler launched on 1 September 1954 into the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and commissioned on 15 August 1962 into the Royal Australian Navy, decommissioned on 16 December 1985. * , a replenishment oiler is the lead ship in the new ''Supply''-class AOR based on the ''Cantabria''-class oiler. The keel was laid down by

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on 17 November 2017, and ''Supply'' launched on 23 November 2018 and commissioned on 10 April 2021.

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