SALMOOR
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date8 May 1985
Object NameHEAVY LIFT VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 72m approx.
Object numberABDSHIP002675
Keywords
Yard Number: 993
Official Number: 8401999
Subsequent Names: SD SALMOOR (2008); KOMMANDER IONA (2012)
Fate: unknown
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Sal class mooring salvage vessel, 2 decks, welded construction
Owners:
1985: Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, pennant no. A185.
2008: Serco maritime.
SALMOOR was one of three vessels built for the Admiralty by Hall Russell. The others were SALMAID and SALMASTER. They were equipped with a heavy lift crane jib on the fore deck in front of the wheelhouse. A box "A"-frame was situated on top of the wheelhouse and a box fixed into the apex of the A-frame where a heavy duty swivel sheave was fixed for the jib wires. On the side of the ship where the crane did the lifting heavy oak timber was fitted to protect the hull from getting damaged. As it was on the bow the timber had to be fitted to the contour of the ship and was set at an angle from the deck to the waterline. On the bow a set of horns overhang the bow for lifting buoys out of the water for inspection.
The ship was extensively rebuilt in 2015 and operates as a Geotechnical Survey Vessel and is equipped with an RoV.
Notes:
2 Ruston 8 RKC diesels, 1 shaft, 4,000 bhp - 15 knots.
April 1827
15 February 1858
