HMS Vulcan (1889)
Vulcan as a torpedo depot ship | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| 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 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Steel deck, 2.5-5 in |
HMS Vulcan was a British torpedo boat depot ship launched in 1889, later converted to a submarine tender in 1908-09. 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.