HMS Vesuvius

HMS Vesuvius

There have been several Royal Navy ships called HMS Vesuvius after the volcano Mount Vesuvius

*"Vesuvius" a paddle wheel driven sloop launched in 1839.

*"Vesuvius" - an early torpedo boat, possibly the RNs first, launched in 1873 and foundered in 1924.


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