King Salvor Class Salvage Vessels

Displacing 1,780 tons these salvage vessels measured 217ft in length, 37ft in beam with a 13ft draught.

Powered by Reciprocating steam engines, with two shafts, they had a speed of 12 knots. During the 1940s these vessels were manned by the Royal Navy and later by the Port Auxiliary Service. They had a complement of between 52 and 72.

An additional unit, Salverdant, was completed as HMS Reclaim and served as a Deep Diving and Submarine Rescue Vessel.

Ship	Pennant	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed
King Salvor	A291	Simons (Renfrew)	May 17th 1941	May 18th 1942	July 17th 1942
Salviking		Simons (Renfrew)	January 27th 1942	December 22nd 1942	January 1943
Ocean Salvor	A492	Simons (Renfrew)	October 2nd 1942	August 31st 1943	September 1943
Prince Salvor	A292	Whites (Hebburn-on-Tyne)	July 8th 1942	March 8th 1943	September 1943
Salvage Duke		Simons (Renfrew)	July 29th 1942	November 1st 1943	December 1944
Salvalour	A494	Aitchison-Blake (Clydebank)	January 7th 1944	November 2nd 1944	September 1945
Salventure		Simons (Renfrew)	October 11th 1941	November 24th 1942	December 18th 1942
Salvestor	A499	Simons (Renfrew)	September 20th 1941	August 28th 1942	September 1942
Salvictor	A500	Simons (Renfrew)	June 27th 1927th	March 11th 1943	March 1944
Salvigil	A501	Simons (Renfrew)	June 23rd 1944	April 30th 1945	May 1945
Salviola	A502	Simons (Renfrew)	June 23rd 1945	July 9th 1945	August 1945
Sea Salvor	A503	Whites (Hebburn-on-Tyne)	August 9th 1942	April 22nd 1943	February 1944

Ship	History
King Salvor	During the Second World War HMS King Salvor served in the Pacific and salvaged a number of wrecks from Hong Kong Harbour. Converted to a submarine rescue bell ship between 1953 and 1954 and renamed Kingfisher in April 1954. She was sold to Argentina in December 1960 and named Tehuelche. In 1963 she was renamed Guardiamarina Zicari .
Salviking	Torpedoed in the Indian Ocean, February 14th 1944.
Ocean Salvor	Ocean Salvor was sold into mercantile use in 1960. Although her name initially remained unchanged she was later renamed British Recovery. Scrapped in 1967.
Prince Salvor	Scrapped at Plymouth in 1967.
Salvage Duke	Chartered to Turkish Salvage Administration and renamed Imroz but gutted by fire in January 1959.
Salvalour	In 1971 Salvalour was sold for mercantile use at Singapore.
Salventure	Sold to Greece in 1948 and renamed Sortir. Scrapped in 1978.
Salvestor	During the Second World War Salvestor was manned by South African Naval Personnel and participated in the war against Japan. In 1945 Salvestor salvaged a number of wrecks from Hong Kong Harbour, including a Japanese tug. She was handed back to the Royal Navy in 1946. Sold for breaking up in July 1970 to Thomas Ward (Brinton Ferry).
Salvictor	Sold for breaking up in July 1970 to Thomas Ward (Brinton Ferry).
Salvigil	Sold into mercantile use in 1965 and renamed Nisos Salamis.
Salviola	Sold to Turkey in September 1959 and renamed Imroz.
Sea Salvor	Served as a support ship for Mine Counter Measures Vessels. Scrapped by Greys in 1973.

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