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==Service==
 
==Service==
''Vulcan'' converted to a depot ship in 1908-09.{{CN}}
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''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}}
  
 
In mid-1913, she was in Dundee supporting a the "C" class submarines of the {{UK-SF|7}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913) p. 395a.</ref>
 
In mid-1913, she was in Dundee supporting a the "C" class submarines of the {{UK-SF|7}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913) p. 395a.</ref>
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Dates of appointment given.
 
Dates of appointment given.
 
* {{CaptRN}} [[Robert Warren Johnson]], 5 January, 1909.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913) p. 395a.</ref>
 
* {{CaptRN}} [[Robert Warren Johnson]], 5 January, 1909.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913) p. 395a.</ref>
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* {{CommRN}} [[Robert H. T. Raikes]], December 1920, and as COmmander (S).{{NLJan21|p. 896}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 18:30, 10 September 2013

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

Vulcan converted to a depot ship in 1908-09.[Citation needed] She was commissioned in that role at Chatham on 5 January, 1909.[6]

In mid-1913, she was in Dundee supporting a the "C" class submarines of the Seventh Submarine Flotilla.[7]

She continued serving with the Seventh Submarine Flotilla 1914-16, then for various flotillas at Humber, Berehaven and Blyth.[8]

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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 106.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 896.
  7. The Navy List (July, 1913) p. 395a.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913) p. 395a.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 896.

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).