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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Bradwardine Jackson|nick=Henry B. Jackson|appt=9 December, 1899<ref>Jackson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 682.</ref>|end=14 January, 1902<ref>Jackson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 682.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Bradwardine Jackson|nick=Henry B. Jackson|appt=9 December, 1899<ref>Jackson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 682.</ref>|end=14 January, 1902<ref>Jackson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 682.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles John Briggs|nick=Charles J. Briggs|appt=12 DEcember, 1901<ref>Briggs Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 168.</ref>|end=18 December, 1903<ref>Briggs Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 168.</ref>|ass=14 January, 1902<ref>Predecessor gave up command that day. Jackson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 682.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Warren Johnson|nick=Robert W. Johnson|appt=5 January, 1909{{NLJul13|p. 395''a''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Warren Johnson|nick=Robert W. Johnson|appt=5 January, 1909{{NLJul13|p. 395''a''}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=1 October, 1913<ref>Haggard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}} f. 38.</ref>|end=23 July, 1915<ref>Haggard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}} f. 38.</ref>|note=and in command {{UK-SF|7}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=1 October, 1913<ref>Haggard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}} f. 38.</ref>|end=23 July, 1915<ref>Haggard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}} f. 38.</ref>|note=and in command {{UK-SF|7}}}} | ||
Revision as of 15:03, 27 May 2015
| 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 Henry B. Jackson, 9 December, 1899[9] – 14 January, 1902[10]
- Captain Charles J. Briggs, 12 DEcember, 1901[11] – 18 December, 1903[12]
- Captain Robert W. Johnson, 5 January, 1909[13]
- Captain Vernon H. S. Haggard, 1 October, 1913[14] – 23 July, 1915[15] (and in command Seventh Submarine Flotilla)
- Acting Commander William R. D. Crowther, 25 July, 1915[16]
- Commander Richard F. White, 17 September, 1916[17] (for duty with Submarines)
- Captain Martin E. Nasmith, 7 February, 1917[18] (and in command of S/M Flotilla)
- Captain Nicholas E. Archdale, December, 1917[19] – 31 December, 1918[20] (and in command of S/M Flotilla)
- Commander Robert H. T. Raikes, December, 1920[21] (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.
- ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 682.
- ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 682.
- ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 168.
- ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 168.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 395a.
- ↑ Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
- ↑ Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399f.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399g.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399d.
- ↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
- ↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
- ↑ 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).
