RFA Sea Salvor (A503)
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Built by the Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co. Ltd., Goole, the ship was launched on 22 April 1943, and commissioned in February 1944. Decommissioned in April 1971, the ship was laid up at HMNB Devonport, and arrived at Grays, Essex for scrapping on 18 January 1973.
Service history
From February to May 1954 she recovered wreckage of the British Overseas Airways Corporation's de Havilland Comet G-ALYP "Yoke Peter" which crashed on 10 January 1954 after taking off from Rome, Italy. Sea Salvor deployed for service during "Operation Musketeer" – the Suez Crisis – in December 1956.
In April 1961 Sea Salvor was in the Persian Gulf. On 9 April she took the burning passenger and cargo ship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in tow, to try to beach her to prevent her from sinking. However, within Script error: No such module "convert". of the beach, Dara rolled over and sank.[1]
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References
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External links
- https://historicalrfa.uk/rfa-sea-salvor/
- http://www.rfanostalgia.org/gallery3/index.php/RFA-TUGS-SALVAGE/SalvageScript error: No such module "Unsubst".