H.M.S. Vulcan (1889)
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H.M.S. Vulcan (1889) | |
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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.
- Captain John Durnford, 17 November, 1890[9] – 1894[10][11]
- Captain Charles G. Robinson, 17 November, 1894[12]
- Captain Henry B. Jackson, 9 December, 1899[13] – 14 January, 1902[14]
- Captain Charles J. Briggs, 12 December, 1901[15] – 18 December, 1903[16]
- Captain Herbert L. Heath, 18 December, 1903[17]
- Captain Michael Culme-Seymour, 4 April, 1905[18] (and as Captain (D))
- Captain Robert W. Johnson, 5 January, 1909[19]
- Captain Vernon H. S. Haggard, 1 October, 1913[20] – 23 July, 1915[21] (and in command Seventh Submarine Flotilla)
- Acting Commander William R. D. Crowther, 25 July, 1915[22]
- Commander Richard F. White, 17 September, 1916[23] (for duty with Submarines)
- Captain Martin E. Nasmith, 7 February, 1917[24] (and in command of S/M Flotilla)
- Captain Nicholas E. Archdale, December, 1917[25] – 31 December, 1918[26] (and in command of S/M Flotilla)
- Commander Robert H. T. Raikes, December, 1920[27] (and as Commander (S))
- Commander Robert R. Turner, 1 December, 1922[28] (and as Commander (S))
- Captain John B. Glencross, 31 December, 1924[29] – 1 September, 1926[30] (and as Captain (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 106.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 896.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 395a.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 267.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 267.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 268i.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 268i.
- ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 682.
- ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 682.
- ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 168.
- ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 168.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 396.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 395a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 395a.
- ↑ Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
- ↑ Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399f.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399g.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399d.
- ↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
- ↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 896.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 286.
- ↑ Glencross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Glencross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
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).