HMS Vulcan (1889)
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| 300px HMS Vulcan, Torpedo Depot ship | |
| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Vulcan |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Launched: | 1889 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6820 tons |
| Length: | 350 ft (110 m) pp |
| Beam: | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Draught: | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Propulsion: | Humphrys and Tennant. 12,000 IHP twin screw |
| Speed: | 20 kts |
| Complement: | 432 |
| Armament: |
8x4.7 in 12x 3 pdr 1 boat gun 16x machine guns held on deck: 6x 16ft torpedo boats 2x countermining launches 4 other steam boats |
| Armour: | Steel deck, 2.5-5 in |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Vulcan.
HMS Vulcan was a torpedo boat depot ship launched in 1889, converted to a training hulk, and scrapped in 1955.
The increasing numbers of torpedo boats which had entered service produced the need for a specialist support ship. Vulcan could carry six torpedo boats on her deck and had repair workshops and equipment stores. She had an armoured deck and could act as a light cruiser.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Clowes p.41
References
- William Laird Clowes (1903). 'The Royal Navy: a history from the earliest times to the present, Vol 7'. London: S.Low, Marston and company. (available at internet archive)
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