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The torpedo vessel '''H.M.S. ''Vesuvius''''' was completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1874.  
The torpedo vessel '''H.M.S. ''Vesuvius''''' was completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1874.  


Revision as of 20:19, 19 March 2015

H.M.S. Vesuvius (1874)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 16 Mar, 1873[2]
Launched: 24 Mar, 1874[3]
Completed: 11 Sep, 1874[4]
Broken up: 1924[5]

The torpedo vessel H.M.S. Vesuvius was completed for the Royal Navy in 1874.

Construction

Machinery

With no funnel and machinery designed for a quiet delivery of a modest 9.7 knots, this vessel might have proven a stealthy attacker at night.

Armament

Service

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 88.
  6. ↑ Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
  7. ↑ Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.

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).


Torpedo Vessel H.M.S. Vesuvius


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