For other ships of the same name, see HMS Vulcan.
| HMS Vulcan (1889) | |
|---|---|
 HMS Vulcan, Torpedo Depot ship | |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Vulcan |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Launched: | 13th 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 |
| Armament: |
8x4.7 in 12x 3 pdr 1 boat gun 16x machine guns held on deck: 6x 16ft torpedo boats 2x countermining launches 4 other steam boats |
| Armour: | Steel deck, 2.5-5 in |
HMS Vulcan was a British torpedo boat depot ship launched on 13 June 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.
The increasing numbers of torpedo boats which had entered service produced the need for a specialist support ship. Vulcan could carry six torpedo boats on her deck and had repair workshops and equipment stores. She had an armoured deck and could act as a light cruiser.[2]
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- William Laird Clowes (1903). 'The Royal Navy: a history from the earliest times to the present, Vol 7'. London: S.Low, Marston and company. (available at internet archive)
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