RMAS ''Salmaster'' (A186) was a ''Sal''-Class mooring and salvage vessel. It came under the

Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service The Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS) was a British Government agency which ran a variety of auxiliary vessels for His Majesty's Naval Service (incl. Royal Navy, Royal Marines) and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. The service from 2009 has be ...

department of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

, and was sold in 2001. Built by

Hall, Russell & Company Hall, Russell & Company, Limited was a shipbuilder based in Aberdeen, Scotland. History Brothers James and William Hall, Thomas Russell, a Glasgow engineer, and James Cardno Couper founded the company in 1864 to build steam engines and boile ...

in 1986, her displacement is 2,200 tonnes and dimensions 77 m by 15 m by 4 m. Her complement is 19 and speed . Tasks include the laying and maintenance of underwater targets, navigation marks and moorings. She now operates for Gardline Shipping, a part of the Gardline group as MV ''Ocean Endeavour''.

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* Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service 1986 ships {{UK-aux-ship-stub