HMS Vulture - a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer

Royal Navy - HMS Vulture, a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered 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. Vulture was laid down as Yard Number 291 on 26 November 1895 at J and G Thompson shipyard in Clydebank. Her hull was lengthened to 222 feet and launched on 22 March 1898 and completed in May 1900. After commissioning she was assigned to the Chatham Division of the Harwich Flotilla. She was deployed in Home waters for her entire service life. 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 and was paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal in early 1919

1776 1802 Actaeon Anti-submarine Assigned Awaiting Chatham Clydebank Commissioning Deployed Destroyer Disposal Duration Duties Entire Establishment Estimates Estuary Flotilla Funnel Harwich Hostilities Hull Introduced Knot Laid Launched Lengthened Nore Ordered Outbreak Paid Patrols Refit Remained Sheerness Sloop Tendered Undergoing Vulture

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