RMAS Goosander (A164)

Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	RMAS Goosander (A164)
Builder:	Robb Caledon Shipbuilders[1]
Launched:	1973[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:	Wild Duck-class salvage vessel
Displacement:	900 Gross Tons [1]
Length:	58 m[1]
Beam:	12 m[1]
Draught:	4 m[1]
Complement:	58[1]

RMAS Goosander (A164) was a mooring, salvage and boom vessel of the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. She saw service in the Falklands War. She has a sister ship, RMAS Pochard, and was built by Robb Caledon Shipbuilders in Leith.

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