History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Salvalour
Ordered	17 April 1943
Builder	Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co Ltd, Goole
Yard number	408
Laid down	7 January 1944
Launched	2 November 1944
Commissioned	4 September 1945
Decommissioned	October 1955
Identification	IMO number: 5308304
Fate	Sold, 25 November 1971 Scrapped, February 1978
General characteristics
Class and type	King Salvor class salvage vessel
Displacement	1,780 long tons (1,809 t) full load
Length	218 ft (66 m)
Beam	39 ft 10 in (12.14 m)
Draught	15 ft 7 in (4.75 m)
Propulsion	2 × 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engines
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	72
Armament	4 × 20 mm AA guns (4×1)

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 in Pakistan in February 1978.^[1]