HMS Vulture
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vulture, including:
- Vulture, a sloop of war which served in the American Revolution
- HMS Vulture (1803), a 16-gun sloop bought 1803, disposed of 1814[1]
- HMS Vulture (1843), a steam paddle frigate launched in 1843 which served in the Crimean War, sold 1866
- HMS Vulture (1869), a screw gunboat launched in 1869, disposed of 1885[2]
- HMS Vulture (1898), a torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1898, broken up in 1919[3]
- Vulture was also the official designation for RNAS St Merryn, a Naval Air Station in Cornwall, England, from 1940 until 1953
[edit] References
- ^ "Vulture, 1803". http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/U/05122.html. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
- ^ "Vulture, 1869". http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/U/05124.html. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
- ^ "Vulture, 1898". http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/U/05125.html. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
  |
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. |
