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Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Vesuvius'' or HMS ''Vesuve'', after the volcano Mount Vesuvius. Another was planned but never completed, while doubt exists over the existence of another: * was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1691 and expended in 1693. * was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1693. She was stranded in 1695 but was refloated that year. She was condemned in 1705. * was a 16-gun fireship, previously the civilian ''Worcester''. She was purchased in 1739 and broken up in 1742. * was an 8-gun fireship, previously the civilian ''King of Portugal''. She was purchased in 1756, converted to a sloop that year, and was sold in 1763. * was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1771. She was converted to a sloop and renamed HMS ''Raven'' later that year and was sold in 1780. * was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1776 and sold in 1812. * was a 3-gun gunvessel captured from the French in 1795 and sold in 1802. *HMS ''Vesuvius'' may have been an 8-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1797 and sold in 1813, though this may refer to the ''Vesuvius'' launched in 1776. * was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1813 and sold in 1819. *HMS ''Vesuvius'' was to have been an 8-gun bomb vessel. She was ordered in 1823, cancelled in 1828, reordered in 1830 and cancelled in 1831. * was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1839 and sold for scrapping in 1865. * was an iron screw torpedo boat launched in 1874. She was sold in 1923 and foundered under tow to the breakers. * was a torpedo-discharge lighter purchased in 1933 and renamed ''TL1'' in 1940. *HMS ''Vesuvius'' was a minelaying tender launched in 1932 as . She was renamed HMS ''Vernon'' in 1938 and HMS ''Vesuvius'' in 1941. She was sold in 1957. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Vesuvius」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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