HMS Vulture (1898)
{{short description|Destroyer of the Royal Navy}}
{{Other ships|HMS Vulture}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:HMS Vulture (1898).png |Ship caption=HMS Vulture }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United Kingdom | Ship flag= File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg | Ship name=Vulture | Ship ordered=1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates | Ship builder= J & G Thompson, Clydebank | Ship laid down=26 November 1895 | Ship launched=22 March 1898 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=May 1900 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service=Laid up in reserve 1919 | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship fate= 27 May 1919 sold to Hayes of Porthcawl for breaking | Ship honours= | Ship badge= | Ship motto= | Ship identification= | Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header=no |Header caption= |Ship class=Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer{{cite book|last=Jane|first=Fred T.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1905|orig-year=1905|year=1969|publisher=first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company|location=New York|page=77}}{{cite book|last=Jane|first=Fred T.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I|year= 1990 |publisher=Jane’s Publishing © 1919|isbn=1-85170-378-0|page=77}} |Ship displacement=*{{Convert|345|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} standard
|Ship propulsion=*4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler
|Ship speed= {{convert|30|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} |Ship range=*80 tons coal
| Ship complement= 63 officers and men | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=
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HMS Vulture was a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1776 for a 14-gun sloop sold until 1802.{{cite book|last=Jane|first=Fred T.|title=Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships 1898|orig-year=1898|year=1969|publisher=first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company|location=New York|page=84 to 85}}{{cite book|last=Jane|first=Fred T.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I|year= 1990|publisher=Jane’s Publishing © 1919|isbn=1-85170-378-0|page=76}}
Construction and career
She was laid down as Yard Number 291 on 26 November 1895 at J & G Thompson shipyard in Clydebank. Her hull was lengthened to 222 feet and launched on 22 March 1898. During her builder's trials she made her contract speed of 30 knots. In 1899 during the construction of these ships, steelmaker John Brown and Company of Sheffield bought J&G Thomson's Clydebank yard for £923,255 3s 3d. She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in May 1900. She was the last to be laid down but the first accepted in this group. After commissioning she was assigned to the Chatham Division of the Harwich Flotilla. She was deployed in Home waters for her entire service life.
On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alpha characters starting with the letter 'A'. Since her design speed was 30-knots and she had three funnels she was assigned to the C Class. After 30 September 1913, she was known as a C Class destroyer and had the letter ‘C’ painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel.{{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906 to 1922|orig-year=1985 |year= 2006|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|page=Page 17 to 19}}
=World War I=
In 1914 she was undergoing refit at the Nore based at Sheerness tendered to HMS Actaeon, a Royal Navy training establishment. With the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914 she was assigned to the Nore Local Flotilla. Her duties included anti-submarine and counter mining patrols in the Thames Estuary. She remained in this employment for the duration of the war.
In 1919 she was paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal. She was sold on 27 May 1919 to Hayes of Porthcawl for breaking.{{cite web|title="Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class|url=http://www.gwpda.org/naval/s0420000.htm|access-date=1 Jun 2013}}
Pennant Numbers
References
NOTE: All tabular data under General Characteristics only from the listed Jane's Fighting Ships volume unless otherwise specified
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Bibliography
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External links
- http://www.gwpda.org/naval/s0420000.htm
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Category:Ships built on the River Clyde