Vesuvius (disambiguation)

Vesuvius can mean:
*Mount Vesuvius, a volcano in Italy which infamously destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii
*Battle of Vesuvius in Italy in 339 BC
*An asteroid, 13897 Vesuvius. See Meanings of asteroid names (13001-14000).
*Vesuvius Incorporated is a publisher in White Wolf Game Studio's videogame setting "World of Darkness".
*Vesuvius Group sa/nv is a company that develops, manufactures and markets high performance specialty ceramics, refractory products and control systems.
*Vesuvius, British Columbia is a community in British Columbia in Canada.
*Vesuvius, Virginia is a community in Virginia in the United States.
*TCS Vesuvius is a starship in the Wing Commander science fiction universe.
*The US Navy had various ships named USS "Vesuvius":-
**"Vesuvius" (1806), a bomb ketch
**"Vesuvius" (1846), a brig
**"Vesuvius" (1888), a unique dynamite-gun cruiser
**"Vesuvius" (AE-15), a Second World War ammunition cargo ship
*The British Royal Navy has had 13 ships named HMS "Vesuvius". The earliest was a fireship launched in 1693 and the most recent a minelaying tender scrapped in 1958.
*Vesuvius was the code name for German World War II bases that were to launch the Wasserfall anti-aircraft missile.
*The name of a piece, written by Frank Ticheli about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the resulting destruction of Pompeii.
*Vesuvius Records, a record label.
*A fictional band from the movie "The Rocker"

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