RFA Salvictor
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 HMS Salvictor | |
| History | |
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| Name | RFA Salvictor |
| Ordered | 13 August 1942 |
| Builder | Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd., Renfrew |
| Yard number | 765 |
| Laid down | 27 June 1943 |
| Launched | 11 March 1944 |
| Commissioned | 31 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1970 |
| Fate | Handed over to the breakers at Briton Ferry, 19 June 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | King Salvor class salvage vessel |
| Displacement | 1,780 long tons (1,809 t) full load |
| Length | 217 ft 10 in (66.40 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 |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[1] |
| Complement | 72 |
| Armament | 4 × 20 mm AA guns (4×1) |
RFA Salvictor (A500) was a salvage vessel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[1][2] She was deployed in 1951 as part of the effort to locate the missing submarine HMS Affray.[3]
Salvictor was built by Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd. of Renfrew, launched on 11 March 1944,[4] and commissioned on 31 March 1944. Decommissioned in 1970, the ship was handed over to the breakers at Briton Ferry on 19 June 1970.
References
[edit]- 1 2 James, Tony (1986). The Royal Fleet auxiliary, 1905 - 1985. Liskeard: Maritime Books. p. 133. ISBN 0-9077-7121-1.
- ↑ "Floating dock salved". The Times. No. 52480. 27 November 1952. p. 7. ISSN 0140-0460.
- ↑ Fletcher, Sarah, ed. (April 2012). "Subsmash: the loss of HMS Affray". Navy News: 44. OCLC 649250332.
- ↑ Jane's fighting ships, 1969-70. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1969. p. 364. OCLC 30910135.
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