HMS Vulcan (1889)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Vulcan.
HMS Vulcan was a British torpedo boat depot ship launched in 1889, later converted to a submarine tender in 1908-09.[1] As a training hulk, she was renamed HMS Defiance III in 1931 and used for training at Torpoint, Cornwall. She was scrapped in Belgium in 1955.
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Vulcan as a torpedo depot ship | |
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Name | Vulcan |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
Launched | 13 June 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 |
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Armour | Steel deck, 2.5-5 in |
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