HMS Vulcan

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HMS Vulcan was a British torpedo boat depot ship launched in 1889, later converted to a submarine tender in 1908-09. As a training hulk, she was renamed HMS Defiance III in 1931 and used for training at Torpoint, Cornwall. She was scrapped in Belgium in 1955.

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torpedo boat tender, HMNB Portsmouth, Royal NavyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland


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