HMS Vulture (1898)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Vulture.

HMS Vulture
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameVulture
Ordered1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
BuilderJ & G Thompson, Clydebank
Laid down26 November 1895
Launched22 March 1898
CommissionedMay 1900
Out of serviceLaid up in reserve 1919
Fate27 May 1919 sold to Hayes of Porthcawl for breaking
General characteristics
Class and typeClydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer[1][2]
Displacement
  • 345 long tons (351 t) standard
  • 385 long tons (391 t) full load
  • 214 ft (65 m) o/a
  • 20 ft (6.1 m) Beam
  • 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) Draught
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 80 tons coal
  • 1,465 nmi (2,713 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement63 officers and men
Armament
Service record
Operations: World War I 1914 - 1918

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.[3][4]

  1. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905]. Jane's Fighting Ships 1905. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 77.
  2. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1990). Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 77. ISBN 1-85170-378-0.
  3. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1898]. Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships 1898. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 84 to 85.
  4. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1990). Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1-85170-378-0.