RMAS Salmoor (A185)
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = RMAS Salmoor (A185).jpg | Ship caption = RMAS Salmoor on the Firth of Clyde, 2006 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country =United Kingdom | Ship flag ={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval-RMAS}} | Ship name = RMAS Salmoor (A185) | Ship owner = | Ship operator = | Ship namesake = | Ship ordered = 31 September 1984 | Ship builder = Hall, Russell & Company | Ship laid down = 10 January 1985 | Ship launched = 25 May 1985 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 10 September 1985 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = 2008 | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = HMNB Clyde | Ship honours = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Transferred to Serco Marine Services | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header =title | Ship country = United Kingdom | Ship flag = 70px | Ship name = SD Salmoor | Ship owner = | Ship namesake = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = 2008 | Ship out of service = 2013 | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = HMNB Clyde | Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|8401999}}
| Ship honours = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Retired | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Sal-class large lifting ships | Ship displacement = 2,200 tonnes | Ship length = 77 m | Ship beam = 15 m | Ship draught = 4 m | Ship draft = | Ship propulsion = 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 4,000 bhp | Ship speed = {{convert|15|kn}} | Ship range = | Ship complement = 19 | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = | Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship notes = }} |
SD Salmoor (previously RMAS Salmoor (A185)) was a Sal-Class mooring and salvage vessel working at HMNB Clyde, and based at Great Harbour, Greenock. She was originally operated by the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, but after the organisations disbandment in March 2008 she was operated by Serco Marine Services.{{harvnb|Bush|2005|pp=57, 76}}
Salmoor was built by Hall, Russell & Company in 1985. She had a displacement is 2,200 tonnes and dimensions 77 m by 15 m by 4 m. Her complement was 19 and speed {{convert|15|kn}}.
Her duties included the laying and maintenance of underwater targets, navigation marks and moorings.
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| first = Steve
| title = British Warships and Auxiliaries
| publisher = Maritime Books
| date = 2005
| location = Liskeard, Cornwall
| isbn = 1-904459-11-0 }}
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Category:Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
Category:Serco Marine Services (ships)
Category:Ships built by Hall, Russell & Company
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