RFA Ocean Salvor (A492)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | Wm Simons & Co Ltd, Renfrew as Yard Nr 764 in 22 May 1942 |
| Laid down: | 2 October 1942 |
| Launched: | 31 August 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 23 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | November 1958 |
| Fate: | Sold commercially in February 1960.Scrapped at Karachi in October 1967 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,780 tons full load |
| Length: | 217'11" |
| Beam: | 37'11" |
| Draught: | 15'07.25" |
| Propulsion: | 2 x 3 cyl triple expansion steam. |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 72 |
| Armament: | 4 x 20mm AA (4 x 1) |
| Aircraft: | None |
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RFA Ocean Salvor (A492) was a salvage vessel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
ASV Ocean Salvor was handed to Risdon Beazley Ltd on delivery; they managed this ship and 29 other Admiralty Salvage Vessels until the end of the war when 25 were handed to the RMAS and three returned to the USA; two were war losses. They were never prefixed HMS as they were civilian manned.
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