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|launch=13 Jun, 1889{{DittColl|p. 292}}
 
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|builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 292}}
 
|builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 292}}
|laid=18 Jun, 1888{{Conways1860|p. 106}}
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|laid=18 Jun, 1888{{NMI|Wednesday, Jun 20, 1888; pg. 12; Issue 32417}}
 
|fate=Sold
 
|fate=Sold
 
|pend=N.70 (1914)<br>N.4A (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 292}}
 
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==Service==
 
==Service==
''Vulcan'' converted to a depot ship in 1908-09.{{CN}}  She was commissioned in that role at Chatham on 5 January, 1909.{{NLJan21|p. 896}}
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After serving as a torpedo depot ship in the Mediterranean, ''Vulcan'' arrived at Spithead under the command of [[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Michael Culme-Seymour]] to pay off on 14 April, 1907.{{NMI|Monday, Apr 15, 1907; pg. 10; Issue 38307}}
  
In mid-1913, she was in Dundee supporting a the "C" class submarines of the {{UK-SF|7}}.{{NLJul13|p. 395a}}
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She was converted to a depot ship in 1908-09.{{CN}}  She was commissioned in that role at Chatham on 5 January, 1909.{{NLJan21|p. 896}}
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In mid-1913, she was in Dundee supporting a the "C" class submarines of the {{UK-SF|7}}.{{NLJul13|p. 395''a''}}
  
 
She continued serving with the {{UK-SF|7}} 1914-16, then for various flotillas at Humber, Berehaven and Blyth.{{DittColl|p. 292}}
 
She continued serving with the {{UK-SF|7}} 1914-16, then for various flotillas at Humber, Berehaven and Blyth.{{DittColl|p. 292}}
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Dates of appointment given.
 
Dates of appointment given.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapts otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Vulcan''" nat="UK">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapts otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Vulcan''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Durnford|nick=John Durnford|appt=17 November, 1890{{NLApr94|p. 267}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Durnford|nick=John Durnford|appt=17 November, 1890{{NLApr94|p. 267}}|end=1894{{NLApr94|p. 267}}{{NLMar96|p. 268''i''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Grey Robinson|nick=Charles G. Robinson|appt=17 November, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 268''i''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard William White|nick=Richard W. White|appt=19 November, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 312}}|ass=27 November, 1897|end=20 March, 1900}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Bradwardine Jackson|nick=Henry B. Jackson|appt=9 December, 1899<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 682.</ref>|end=14 January, 1902<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 682.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Bradwardine Jackson|nick=Henry B. Jackson|appt=9 December, 1899<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 682.</ref>|end=14 January, 1902<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 682.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles John Briggs|nick=Charles J. Briggs|appt=12 December, 1901<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 168.</ref>|end=18 December, 1903<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 168.</ref>|ass=14 January, 1902<ref>Predecessor gave up command that day.  Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 682.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles John Briggs|nick=Charles J. Briggs|appt=12 December, 1901<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 168.</ref>|end=18 December, 1903<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 168.</ref>|ass=14 January, 1902<ref>Predecessor gave up command that day.  Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 682.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Leopold Heath|nick=Herbert L. Heath|appt=18 December, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 396}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Leopold Heath|nick=Herbert L. Heath|appt=18 December, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 396}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Warren Johnson|nick=Robert W. Johnson|appt=5 January, 1909{{NLJul13|p. 395''a''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=4 April, 1905{{NLMar07|p. 395''a''}}|end=30 April, 1907|note=and as Captain ('''D''')}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Warren Johnson|nick=Robert W. Johnson|appt=5 January, 1909<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/424.|D7602347}} f. 506.</ref>{{NLJul13|p. 395''a''}}|end=1 October, 1913<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/424.|D7602347}} f. 506.</ref>|note=and in command of {{UK-SF|7}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=1 October, 1913<ref>Haggard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}}  f. 38.</ref>|end=23 July, 1915<ref>Haggard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}}  f. 38.</ref>|note=and in command {{UK-SF|7}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=1 October, 1913<ref>Haggard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}}  f. 38.</ref>|end=23 July, 1915<ref>Haggard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}}  f. 38.</ref>|note=and in command {{UK-SF|7}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=William Reginald Denys Crowther|nick=William R. D. Crowther|appt=25 July, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 399''f''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=William Reginald Denys Crowther|nick=William R. D. Crowther|appt=25 July, 1915<ref>Crowther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/160.|D7604064}} f. 564.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 399''f''}}|end=17 September, 1916<ref>Crowther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/160.|D7604064}} f. 564.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Forster White|nick=Richard F. White|appt=17 September, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 399''g''}}|note=for duty with Submarines}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Forster White|nick=Richard F. White|appt=17 September, 1916<ref>White Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/373.|D7603157}} f. 422.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 399''g''}}|end=16 January, 1917<ref>White Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/373.|D7603157}} f. 422.</ref>|note=for duty with Submarines and as Commander (S), {{UK-SF|3}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith|nick=Martin E. Nasmith|appt=7 February, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 399''d''}}|note=and in command of S/M Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith|nick=Martin E. Nasmith|appt=7 February, 1917<ref>Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/178.|D7604082}} f. 583.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 399''d''}}|end=c. December, 1917<ref>Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/178.|D7604082}} f. 583.</ref>|note=and in command of {{UK-SF|3}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Nicholas Edward Archdale|nick=Nicholas E. Archdale|appt=December, 1917<ref>Archdale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 187.</ref>|end=31 December, 1918<ref>Archdale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 187.</ref>|note=and in command of S/M Flotilla}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Nicholas Edward Archdale|nick=Nicholas E. Archdale|appt=December, 1917<ref>Archdale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 187.</ref>|end=31 December, 1918<ref>Archdale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 187.</ref>|note=and in command of S/M Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Taunton Raikes|nick=Robert H. T. Raikes|appt=December, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 896}}|end=|note=and as Commander (S)}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Stuart Benning|nick=Charles S. Benning|appt=late November, 1919{{NavAppts|Monday, Nov 24, 1919; pg. 19; Issue 42265}}<ref>Benning Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/183.|D7604281}} f. 98.</ref>|end=31 December, 1920<ref>Benning Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/183.|D7604281}} f. 98.</ref>|note=and for duty with submarines, on {{UK-Thames}} paying off}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=1 December, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 286}}|end=|note=and as Commander (S)}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Taunton Raikes|nick=Robert H. T. Raikes|appt=1 January, 1921<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} pf. 220, 221.</ref>|ass=1 January, 1921<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} pf. 220, 221.</ref>|end=11 December, 1922<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} pf. 220, 221.</ref>|note=and as Commander (S) of the Periscope School}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Buller Glencross|nick=John B. Glencross|appt=31 December, 1924<ref>Glencross Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7604427}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=1 September, 1926<ref>Glencross Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7604427}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|6}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=1 December, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 286}}|ass=11 December, 1922<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>|end=31 December, 1924<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), Portland Submarine Flotilla from 31 December, 1923}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Buller Glencross|nick=John B. Glencross|appt=31 December, 1924<ref>Glencross Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7604427}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1 September, 1926<ref>Glencross Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7604427}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|6}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Pirie Thomson|nick=George P. Thomson|appt=1 September, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 285}}|end=14 January, 1928|note=and as Commander (S), {{UK-SF|6}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Boyd Greig|nick=Alexander B. Greig|appt=15 August, 1927<ref>Greig Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/74.|D7605161}} f. 434.</ref>|end=15 September, 1927<ref>Greig Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/74.|D7605161}} f. 434.</ref>|note=temporary, and as Commander (S), {{UK-SF|6}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles de Burgh|nick=Charles de Burgh|appt=14 January, 1928<ref>de Burgh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/314.|D7604726}} f. ?.</ref>|end=26 March, 1929<ref>de Burgh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/314.|D7604726}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as Commander (S), {{UK-SF|6}} and for duty Class I with submarines}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Richard Marrack|nick=Hugh R. Marrack|appt=26 March, 1929<ref>Marrack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/225.|D7604980}} f. 237.</ref>|end=1 November, 1930<ref>Marrack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/225.|D7604980}} f. 237.</ref>|note=and as Commander (S), {{UK-SF|6}} and for duty Class I with submarines}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapts>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapts>
  
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* [[Vulcan's Flotilla]]
 
* [[Vulcan's Flotilla]]
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vulcan_(1889)}}
 
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Latest revision as of 18:44, 16 October 2021

H.M.S. Vulcan (1889)
Pendant Number: N.70 (1914)
N.4A (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 18 Jun, 1888[3]
Launched: 13 Jun, 1889[4]
Sold: Sep, 1955[5]

H.M.S. Vulcan was completed as a second-class torpedo boat carrier, but was converted to a submarine depot ship before the Great War.

Service

After serving as a torpedo depot ship in the Mediterranean, Vulcan arrived at Spithead under the command of Michael Culme-Seymour to pay off on 14 April, 1907.[6]

She was converted to a depot ship in 1908-09.[Citation needed] She was commissioned in that role at Chatham on 5 January, 1909.[7]

In mid-1913, she was in Dundee supporting a the "C" class submarines of the Seventh Submarine Flotilla.[8]

She continued serving with the Seventh Submarine Flotilla 1914-16, then for various flotillas at Humber, Berehaven and Blyth.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  3. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 20, 1888; pg. 12; Issue 32417.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Apr 15, 1907; pg. 10; Issue 38307.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 896.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 395a.
  9. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 267.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 267.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 268i.
  13. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 268i.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 312.
  15. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 682.
  16. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 682.
  17. Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 168.
  18. Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 168.
  19. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 396.
  20. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 395a.
  21. Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/424. f. 506.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 395a.
  23. Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/424. f. 506.
  24. Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
  25. Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
  26. Crowther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/160. f. 564.
  27. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399f.
  28. Crowther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/160. f. 564.
  29. White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
  30. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399g.
  31. White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
  32. Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 583.
  33. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399d.
  34. Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 583.
  35. Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
  36. Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
  37. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 24, 1919; pg. 19; Issue 42265.
  38. Benning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/183. f. 98.
  39. Benning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/183. f. 98.
  40. Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  41. Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  42. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 286.
  43. Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
  44. Glencross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  45. Glencross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  46. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 285.
  47. Greig Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/74. f. 434.
  48. Greig Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/74. f. 434.
  49. de Burgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/314. f. ?.
  50. de Burgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/314. f. ?.
  51. Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
  52. Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).