HMS Vulture (1898)

	HMS Vulture
History
United Kingdom
Name	Vulture
Ordered	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	J & G Thompson, Clydebank
Laid down	26 November 1895
Launched	22 March 1898
Commissioned	May 1900
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	27 May 1919 sold to Hayes of Porthcawl for breaking
General characteristics
Class and type	Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	345 long tons (351 t) standard; 385 long tons (391 t) full load; 214 ft (65 m) o/a; 20 ft (6.1 m) Beam; 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) Draught;
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler; 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 5,800 shp (4,300 kW);
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,465 nmi (2,713 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
Complement	63 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I Low angle mount; 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt naval gun L/40 Naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Vulture was a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy 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.

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