• was an 8-gun
fireship launched in 1691 and sunk as a
breakwater in 1709. • was an 8-gun fireship, previously the civilian
Hunter. She was purchased in 1739 and hulked in 1743. • was an 8-gun fireship, previously the civilian
Mary. She was purchased in 1745 and sold in 1749. • was an 8-gun fireship, previously an American merchantman. She was purchased in 1777 and destroyed in 1782 to prevent her capture. • was a 14-gun fireship launched in 1783. She was destroyed in 1793 to prevent her capture. • was a 10-gun
bomb vessel, previously the civilian
Hector. She was purchased in 1797 and was sold in 1802. •
HMS Vulcan was to have been an iron paddle
frigate. She was renamed in 1843 before being launched in 1845. • was an iron screw frigate launched in 1849. She was converted to a
troopship in 1851 and was sold in 1867 as the
barque Jorawur. • was a
depot ship launched in 1889. She was converted to a training hulk and renamed HMS
Defiance III in 1931 and was scrapped in 1955. Two replacement ships were named HMS
Vulcan II: • was HMS
Vulcan II between 1919 and 1924. • was HMS
Vulcan II between 1923 and 1930. • was a trawler used as a depot ship for
Coastal Forces, then serving as a repair ship for a minesweeping flotilla, being paid off in 1947. HMS
Vulcan was involved in lifesaving after the
Air Raid on Bari and had some
mustard gas casualties as a result. ==Establishments==