Eight ships and a

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of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Vulcan'', after the god Vulcan, of

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Ships

* was an 8-gun

fireship A fire ship or fireship is a large wooden vessel set on fire to be used against enemy ships during a ramming attack or similar maneuver. Fireships were used to great effect against wooden ships throughout naval military history up until the adv ...

launched in 1691 and sunk as a

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in 1709. * was an 8-gun fireship, previously the civilian ''Hunter''. She was purchased in 1739 and hulked in 1743. * was an 8-gun fireship, previously the civilian ''Mary''. She was purchased in 1745 and sold in 1749. * was an 8-gun fireship, previously an American merchantman. She was purchased in 1777 and destroyed in 1782 to prevent her capture. * was a 14-gun fireship launched in 1783. She was destroyed in 1793 to prevent her capture. * was a 10-gun

bomb vessel A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannons (Naval long gun, long guns or carronades) – although bomb vessels carried a few cannons for self-defence – but ...

, previously the civilian ''Hector''. She was purchased in 1797 and was sold in 1802. * HMS ''Vulcan'' was to have been an iron paddle

frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and maneuvera ...

. She was renamed in 1843 before being launched in 1845. * was an iron screw frigate launched in 1849. She was converted to a

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in 1851 and was sold in 1867 as the

barque A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel with three or more mast (sailing), masts of which the fore mast, mainmast, and any additional masts are Square rig, rigged square, and only the aftmost mast (mizzen in three-maste ...

''Jorawur''. * was a

depot ship A depot ship is an auxiliary ship used as a mobile or fixed base for submarines, destroyers, minesweepers, fast attack craft, landing craft, or other small ships with similarly limited space for maintenance equipment and crew dining, berthing an ...

launched in 1889. She was converted to a training hulk and renamed HMS ''Defiance III'' in 1931 and was scrapped in 1955. Two replacement ships were named HMS ''Vulcan II'': ** was HMS ''Vulcan II'' between 1919 and 1924. ** was HMS ''Vulcan II'' between 1923 and 1930. * was a trawler used as a depot ship for Coastal Forces, then serving as a repair ship for a minesweeping flotilla, being paid off in 1947. HMS ''Vulcan'' was involved in lifesaving after the

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and had some

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casualties as a result.

Establishments

* HMS ''Vulcan'' was the

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naval nuclear reactor

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between 1970 and 1981, when it was renamed the

Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment (NRTE), formerly HMS ''Vulcan'', is a UK Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence (MoD) establishment in Scotland, operated by Rolls-Royce Submarines. The site formerly operated two separa ...

Ships

Establishments

See also