RFA Salvictor (A500)
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| Career |
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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 and 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) |
| Complement: | 72 |
| Armament: | 4 × 20 mm AA guns (4×1) |
RFA Salvictor (A500) was a salvage vessel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Salvictor was built by Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd. of Renfrew, launched on 11 March 1944, and commissioned on 31 March 1944. Decommissioned in 1970, the ship was handed over to the breakers at Briton Ferry on 19 June 1970.
