RFA Salvestor
King Salvor class salvage vessel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
RFA Salvestor (A499) was a King Salvor-class salvage vessel of the post war Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
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Name | RFA Salvestor |
Ordered | 10 January 1941 |
Builder | Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd., Renfrew |
Yard number | 753 |
Laid down | 20 September 1941, as Assistance |
Launched | 28 August 1942, as Salvestor |
Completed | 30 September 1942 |
Decommissioned | September 1959 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, July 1970 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | King Salvor-class salvage vessel |
Displacement | 1,780 long tons (1,809 t) full load |
Length | 216 ft 11 in (66.12 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 11 in (11.56 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 7 in (4.75 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engines, two shafts |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | Between 52 and 72 |
Armament | 4 × 20 mm AA guns (4×1) |
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Salvestor was built by Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd. of Renfrew, Scotland. Laid down on 20 September 1941 as Assistance, and launched on 28 August 1942 as HMS Salvestor. The ship was decommissioned in September 1959, laid up at Pembroke Dock, and sold for breaking up to Thos. W. Ward at Briton Ferry in July 1970.