RFA Salvigil

History
United Kingdom
Name	RFA Salvigil
Ordered	7 June 1943
Builder	Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd., Renfrew
Yard number	772
Laid down	23 June 1944
Launched	30 April 1945
Commissioned	23 May 1945
Decommissioned	1965
Fate	Sold, May 1965 Scrapped, October 1972
General characteristics
Class & type	King Salvor class salvage vessel
Displacement	1,780 long tons (1,809 t) full load
Length	214 ft 4 in (65.33 m)
Beam	37 ft 11 in (11.56 m)
Draught	15 ft 3 in (4.65 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 Salvigil (A501) was a salvage vessel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Salvigil was built by Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd. of Renfrew, launched on 30 April 1945, and commissioned on 23 May 1945. Decommissioned in 1968,^[1] the ship was sold into commercial service in May 1968 and was renamed Nisos Salamis. Scrapping began at Perama on 12 October 1972.