RFA Prince Salvor (A292)

History


Name:	Prince Salvor
Ordered:	25 December 1941
Builder:	Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Goole
Yard number:	390
Laid down:	8 July 1942
Launched:	8 March 1943
Commissioned:	8 September 1943
Decommissioned:	1966
Fate:	Scrapped at Pomphlett in October 1967
General characteristics
Class and type:	King Salvor class salvage vessel
Type:	Salvage vessel
Displacement:	1,780 long tons (1,809 t) full load
Length:	217 ft 11 in (66.42 m)
Beam:	37 ft 11 in (11.56 m)
Draught:	15 ft 7.25 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion:	2 × 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engines
Speed:	12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement:	72
Armament:	4 × 20 mm AA guns (4×1)

RFA Prince Salvor (A292) was a salvage vessel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

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King Salvor-class salvage vessels

Royal Fleet Auxiliary	King Salvor Ocean Salvor Prince Salvor Salverdant Salvage Duke Salvalour Salveda Salventure Salvestor (ex-Assistance) Salvictor Salvigil Salviking Salviola Sea Salvor

Royal Navy	Reclaim Kingfisher (ex-King Salvor)

Argentine Navy	Tehuelche / Guardiamarina Zicari (ex-Kingfisher)

Turkish Navy	Imroz II / Cemil Parman (ex-Salviola)

List of miscellaneous ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

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