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RFA Salvalour (A494)

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Name
  
RFA Salvalour

Yard number
  
408

Commissioned
  
4 September 1945

Launched
  
2 November 1944

Draft
  
4.75 m

Ordered
  
17 April 1943

Laid down
  
7 January 1944

Construction started
  
7 January 1944

Length
  
66 m

Builder
  
Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co Ltd, Goole

RFA Salvalour (A494) was a salvage ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Salvalour was built by the Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Company, Goole, launched on 2 November 1944, and commissioned on 4 September 1945. The ship was decommissioned in October 1955 and laid up in reserve. She was sold into commercial service on 25 November 1971, and was scrapped India in February 1978.

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RFA Salvalour (A494) Wikipedia


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