Location : HMS Vulcan
Photo / old map: Great War Dundee
= Property demolished or site redeveloped
Notes:
Other references can be found at : Submarines & HMS Hebe
Commentary
HMS Vulcan and the 7th Submarine Flotilla were based at Dundee from November 1908 to July 1914. They had moorings off Newport. The positon of the moorings changed - the positions given here are for 1911 - in later years the submarines were moved further east and Vulcan was moved further north into deeper water. HMS Vulcan, HMS Hebe and HMS Alecto were the support vessels. Because the moorings were within Forgan parish, on census night 1911 the vessels in the river on that date were included in the Forgan statistics; the other vessels were in Dundee docks. Much more information about the flotilla is in the 2 other sites linked below.
To find the crews in the 1911 census on ScotlandsPeople, because there is no index of the ships' names, search in Shipping, Royal Navy : for HMS Vulcan - ref 902/S/13/, search for Allan Poland; for HMS Hebe - 902/S/12, search for Hugh Eastwood; for C21 - 902/S/11, search for Alfred Jackson; for C22 - 902/S/10, search for Arthur Dunn; for C24 - 902/S/9, search for John Lewis; for C25 - 902/S/8, search for Albert Marshall; for C26 - 902/S/7, search for Edward Burnett.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.447281,-2.944759
View location on the 1855 6-inch map, the 1895 25-inch map, the 1914 25-inch map, the 1966-73 25-inch map, or a 1944-50 aerial photograph at the National Library of Scotland website.
Information and Photographs on Other Sites (open in a new window)
| HMS Vulcan & 7th Submarine Flotilla source: Great War Dundee |
| Scotland's First Submarine Base source: Dundee City Archives blog |
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
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House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
| HMS Vulcan |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 3 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913-14 dir | White, Geoffrey Saxton, lieutenant, R.N. (H.M.S. Vulcan, Dundee), The Cottage, West Newport | location 2 | |
| 1912-13 dir | Acwarth, Bernard, lieutenant, H.M.S. 'Vulcan'; h. The Cottage, West Newport | location 2 | |
| 1911-12 dir | Acwarth, Bernard, lieutenant, H.M.S. 'Vulcan'; h. The Cottage, West Newport | location 2 |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | HMS Vulcan | Johnson | Robert Warren | [not on board] |
Valuation Roll entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | ||
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Other Sightings:
| Year | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Moorings shown on Admiralty chart (also other years to 1915) | National Library of Scotland, Admiralty chart 1481 |
Early Sasines:
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