INS Shivalik undergoing replenishment from Stalwart during a Malabar exercise.
 Stalwart in Cockburn Sound, December 2021 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Supply class |
| Builders | Navantia, Ferrol |
| Operators |  Royal Australian Navy |
| Preceded by | HMAS Sirius, HMAS Success |
| Cost | |
| Built | 2018–present |
| Planned | 2 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Active | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Replenishment oiler |
| Displacement | 19,500 tonnes |
| Length | 173.9 m (570 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 23.0 m (75 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 8.0 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 122 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 helicopter |
The Supply class is a classofreplenishment oilers of the Royal Australian Navy, a role that combines the missions of a tanker and stores supply ship. As such they are designated auxiliary oiler replenisher (AOR). They are tasked with providing ammunition, fuel, food and other supplies to Royal Australian Navy vessels around the world. There are two ships in the class, Supply and Stalwart.[2] The project is expected to cost anywhere between $1 and $2 billion. Navantia were selected to build a design based on the Spanish Navy's current replenishment vessel Cantabria, which entered service in 2011.[3]
A number of designs were considered by the Australian Government for their replacement tankers, with Navantia competing against the Aegir variant of the Tide-class tanker built by South Korea's DSME in a restricted tender competition.[4][5] Navantia's proposal based on Cantabria was announced as the successful design in the Australian tender in March 2016, with an expected in service date for the first of two vessels of late 2019.[6]
The class of ships based on Navantia's replenishment oiler were built at the Navantia shipyard in Ferrol, Spain. The first ship, Supply, arrived at Fleet Base West in October 2020 to begin fitting Australia-specific equipment prior to her service entry in April 2021.[7][8]
The second ship, Stalwart, departed for Australia in May 2021 and arrived in late June.[9][10]
HMAS Supply commissioned at Fleet Base East on 10 April 2021.[11]
HMAS Stalwart commissioned at Fleet Base West on 13 November 2021.[12]
| Name | Pennant number | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Status |
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| Supply | A195 | Navantia, Ferrol | 18 November 2017 | 24 November 2018 | 10 April 2021 | Active |
| Stalwart | A304 | 25 November 2018 | 30 August 2019 | 13 November 2021[13] | Active |
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