HMS Vulture

HMS Vulture

Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vulture, including:

*"Vulture", a sloop of war which served in the American Revolution
*, a 16-gun sloop bought 1803, disposed of 1814 [cite web| url = http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/U/05122.html | title = Vulture, 1803 | accessdate = 2007-07-27]
*, a steam paddle frigate launched in 1843 which served in the Crimean War, sold 1866
*, a screw gunboat launched in 1869, disposed of 1885 [cite web| url = http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/U/05124.html | title = Vulture, 1869 | accessdate = 2007-07-27]
*, a torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1898, broken up in 1919 [cite web| url = http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/U/05125.html | title = Vulture, 1898 | accessdate = 2007-07-27]
*"Vulture" was also the official designation for RNAS St Merryn, a Naval Air Station in Cornwall, England, from 1940 until 1953

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