HMS Vulcan

HMS Vulcan

HMS "Vulcan" may refer to:

*HMS "Vulcan" (1845), a frigate launched in 1845 and converted into the troopship HMS Birkenhead in 1848
*HMS "Vulcan" (1849), a frigate launched in 1849 and sold in 1867
*HMS "Vulcan" (1889), a torpedo-boat depot ship launched in 1889, converted to a training hulk, and scrapped in 1955
*HMS "Vulcan", the Ministry of Defence naval nuclear reactor shore establishment at Dounreay until 1981, when it was renamed the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment


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