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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Warren Johnson|nick=Robert W. Johnson|appt=5 January, 1909{{NLJul13|p. 395a}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Warren Johnson|nick=Robert W. Johnson|appt=5 January, 1909{{NLJul13|p. 395a}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=1 October, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 396. Year was not printed, but is shown in April, 1914's ''Navy List''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=1 October, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 396. Year was not printed, but is shown in April, 1914's ''Navy List''}}}} | ||
Revision as of 15:55, 19 May 2014
| 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.
- Captain Robert W. Johnson, 5 January, 1909[9]
- Captain Vernon H. S. Haggard, 1 October, 1913[10]
- Commander Robert H. T. Raikes, December, 1920[11] (and as Commander (S))
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. (July, 1913). p. 395a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 396. Year was not printed, but is shown in April, 1914's Navy List.
- ↑ 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).
