SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | HELP |
| Type | Salvage vessel |
| Yard Number | 1118 |
| Launched | 05/05/1943 |
| Completed | 12/1943 |
| Off. Number | 167864 |
| Engine builder | Smith's Dock |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl |
| GRT | 783 |
| Length (feet) | 179.2 |
| Beam (feet) | 35.7 |
| First owner | Admiralty |
| History | 1959 G.Wimpey & Co. Ltd., London |
| 02/1961 Bureau Wijsmuller, IJmuiden | |
| 1968 reported sold to shipbreakers at Wormerveer, Holland, after being laid up at IJmuiden since 05/1966. Sale either cancelled or vessel only partly demolished. | |
| 1968-69 Re-built by Kramer & Booy, Koostertille. Fitted with twin diesel engines by Caterpillar Tractor Co., twin directional propellors and a forward thruster. Now 822 GRT, length 175'. | |
| 1969 renamed KRAB, Wijsmuller-Krab BV. Later designated as Diving Support Vessel for Offshore Installations/Salvage Vessel. | |
| Fate | 23/06/1987 Sold for demolition at Amsterdam |
HELP re-built as KRAB
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