RFA British Light RFA British Star RFA Brown Ranger RFA Broomdale RFA Burma RFA Bustler RFA C8 RFA C10 RFA C11 RFA C85 RFA C614 RFA C615 RFA C616 RFA...
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RFA Darkdale was a Dale-class fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), launched on 23 July 1940 as Empire Oil, completed in November 1940 and...
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Lothringen (oil tanker) (redirect from Empire Salvage)
Ready For Anything: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary 1905-1950. Barnsley: Sea Forth Publishing. p. 161. ISBN 9781848320741. RFA Empire Salvage at Historical RFA...
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Benledi was assisted into Malta with the help of HMS Childers, the salvage ship RFA Sea Salvor and the tug HMS Brigand. In 1953, Benledi was sold to E...
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Sycamores. RFA Blue Ranger (tanker) RFA Brown Ranger (tanker) RFA Fort Sandusky (stores ship) RFA Kinbrace (A281) (coastal salvage vessel) RFA Spapool (water...
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RFA Wave Victor (A220) was an 8,187 GRT Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary built at Haverton Hill-on-Tees by Furness Shipbuilding...
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Japan. Empire Mars was an 8,199 GRT tanker which was built by Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland. To the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1946 and renamed RFA Wave...
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landing ships, deep-sea salvage and rescue tugs and several other categories. Total production numbered in the hundreds. Empire ships were supplements...
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Scotia. Salvage was proposed by the ship was further damaged in storms between 8 and 12 June 1947 and was declared a constructive total loss. Empire Woodcock...
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oilers RFA Arndale RFA Bishopdale RFA Brown Ranger RFA Cederdale RFA Eaglesdale RFA Green Ranger RFA Olna RFA Rapidol RFA Serbol RFA Wave Emperor RFA Wave...
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Foremost 17 & 18, and the tugs Ashford (Empire Sandy) & Twyford (HMS Warden on bare-boat charter)). In addition to salvage and wreck removal around the World...
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engines were removed and fitted in RFA Derwentdale. Arrived on 22 July 1957 at Blyth, Northumberland for scrapping. Empire Silver was an 8,602 GRT tanker...
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Retrieved 10 August 2008. Bibliography Jackson, Ashley (2006). The British Empire and the Second World War. London: Hambledon Continuum. p. 260. ISBN 1-85285-417-0...
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Panama and renamed Puntarenas. Scrapped in 1958 in Avilés, Spain. Empire Salvage was a 10,594 GRT tanker which was built by Rotterdam Droogdok Maatschappij...
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Bay class RFA Cardigan Bay — CB RFA Lyme Bay — YB RFA Mounts Bay — MB Tide class RFA Tidespring — TS RFA Tiderace — TR RFA Tidesurge — TU RFA Tideforce...
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Later salvaged by Edward Ellsberg, an American Naval officer in charge of salvaging ships and facilities at Massawa, in 1942 and renamed Empire Nile....
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her cargo of coal burned for four weeks. Refloated, salvaged and repaired. To MoWT and renamed Empire Leech. Sold in 1948 to William Muller & Co, Netherlands...
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likely to have been Malta. Empire Ace was sunk during an air raid on Malta on 15 March 1944. On the 10 May she was salvaged and repairs were carried out...
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Empire Chuzzlewit was a 322 GRT coaster which was built by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft. Launched on 14 October 1943, she was completed as RFA Chattenden...
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Ceylon (light cruiser) HMS Urchin (destroyer) Oilers: RFA Wave King, RFA Echodale, Empire Salvage Operation Boomerang And subsequently participated in...
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1.517) on 9 April 1946. Empire Bridge was holed in a collision with the wreck of Fort Massac and sank alongside her. Salvage attempts by the Admiralty...
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship RFA Sirios (pennant number A345) in 1959. Sold in 1962 to the Greek Navy. Empire Faversham was an Empire F type coaster which was...
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Fleet Auxiliary in December 1947 as RFA Wave Prince. Arrived on 16 December 1971 at Burriana, Spain, for scrapping. Empire Heritage was a 15,702 GRT tanker...
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for nearly two days, eventually sinking during an attempt to salvage her. In 1948, Empire Windrush arrived at the Port of Tilbury near London, carrying...
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in August 1946 as RFA Wave Chief for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Arrived on 13 November 1974 at Inverkeithing for scrapping. Empire Edward was a 235 GRT...
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the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). There are also four Point-class sealift ships from the Merchant Navy available to the RFA under a private finance initiative...
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USS Oklahoma (BB-37) (section Salvage)
rescuers drilled holes and opened hatches to rescue them. The ship was salvaged in 1943. Unlike most of the other battleships that were recovered following...
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1940 and completed in March 1941 as RFA Echodale. Arrived on 20 September 1961 at Spezia, Italy for scrapping. Empire Granite was a 8,028 GRT tanker which...
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April 1946 and completed in September 1946 as RFA Wave Laird. Scrapped in March 1970 in Gandia, Spain. Empire Dunlin was a 6,326 GRT cargo ship which was...
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Auxiliary in December 1946 and renamed RFA Wave Commander. Arrived on 9 May 1959 at Inverkeithing, Fife. Empire Palm was a 250-GRT tug which was built...
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