H.M.S. Vulture (1898)

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H.M.S. Vulture (1898)
Pendant Number: N.50 (1914)
D.75 (Sep 1915)
none (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: J. & G. Thomson[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 26 Nov, 1895[4]
Launched: 22 Mar, 1898[5]
Commissioned: May, 1900[6]
Broken up: 1919[7]

H.M.S. Vulture was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[8]

She left the Nore to exercise with five other destroyers and seven torpedo boats of the Nore Local Defence Flotilla on 18 June, 1912.[9]

In mid-1913, she was serving at The Nore.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  8. "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
  9. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 19, 1912; pg. 6; Issue 39929.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 396.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 311a.
  12. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 311a.
  13. Grubb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/518. f. 534.
  14. "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  15. Grubb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/518. f. 534.
  16. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  17. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  18. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  19. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  20. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  21. Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
  22. Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
  23. Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
  24. Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
  25. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  26. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  27. Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  28. Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  29. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 396.
  30. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/62. f. 266.
  31. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 396.
  32. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/62. f. 266.
  33. Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  34. Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  35. Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/124. f. ?.
  36. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 396.
  37. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 396.
  38. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399g.
  39. Johnstone Service Record, in our PDF for John Gregory Crace. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 62.
  40. Johnstone Service Record, in our PDF for John Gregory Crace. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 62.
  41. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399g.

Bibliography


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