Allied Warships

Salvage vessels

Royal Navy

All Salvage vessel classes (in service with the Royal Navy).

ClassCommissioned
 King Salvor (13)1942 - 1945
 Dispenser (9)1943 - 1945

2 ship classes.


Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class. Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), those ships are not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.

War losses: Salvage vessels


 DateVesselClass

1944

Royal Navy14 Feb 1944HMS SalvikingKing Salvor 

1945

US Navy24 Jan 1945USS Extractor (ARS 15)Anchor 

2 Salvage vessels lost. See all Allied Warship losses.

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