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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 launched in 1801, bought 1803, and disposed of 1814.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Vulture, 1803 )〕 * , a steam paddle frigate launched in 1843 which served in the Crimean War, sold 1866. * , a screw gunboat launched in 1869, disposed of 1885.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Vulture, 1869 )〕 * , a torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1898, broken up in 1919.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Vulture, 1898 )〕 *''HMS Vulture'' was also the official designation for RNAS St Merryn, a Naval Air Station in Cornwall, England, from 1940 until 1953, with the associated bombing and gunnery range being HMS Vulture II. ==References== 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 Vulture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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