HMS Vulture
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Several vessels of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Vulture, including:
, a Royalist ketch captured by the Parliamentary forces in 1648., a Dunkirk privateer captured in 1656, and sold in 1663., a sloop
of 1673, sold 1686., a fireship of 1690, lost to the French in 1708., a 10/14-gun sloop
of 1744, sold in 1761., a 14-gun ship-sloop
of 1763, taken to pieces in 1771., a 14/16-gun ship-sloop
of the Swan class, which served in the American Revolution
; transported Benedict Arnold
as he escaped following the failed attempt to surrender West Point to British forces; sold in 1802., a 16-gun sloop bought 1803, disposed of 1814., a steam paddle frigate launched in 1843 which served in the Crimean War
, sold 1866., a screw gunboat launched in 1869, disposed of 1885., a torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1898, broken up in 1919.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have been named HMS Vulture, including:
, a Royalist ketch captured by the Parliamentary forces in 1648., a Dunkirk privateer captured in 1656, and sold in 1663., a sloop
Sloop
A sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
of 1673, sold 1686., a fireship of 1690, lost to the French in 1708., a 10/14-gun sloop
Sloop
A sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
of 1744, sold in 1761., a 14-gun ship-sloop
Sloop
A sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
of 1763, taken to pieces in 1771., a 14/16-gun ship-sloop
Sloop
A sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
of the Swan class, which served in the American Revolution
American Revolution
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
; transported Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold V was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted to surrender it to the British forces...
as he escaped following the failed attempt to surrender West Point to British forces; sold in 1802., a 16-gun sloop bought 1803, disposed of 1814., a steam paddle frigate launched in 1843 which served in the Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
, sold 1866., a screw gunboat launched in 1869, disposed of 1885., a torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1898, broken up in 1919.
- HMS Vulture was also the official designation for RNAS St Merryn, a Naval Air StationNaval Air StationA Naval Air Station is a military airbase, and consists of a permanent land-based operations locations for the military aviation division of the relevant branch of their Navy...
in CornwallCornwallCornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, from 1940 until 1953, with the associated bombing and gunnery range being HMS Vulture II.