This article is about the 1843 Austrian navy paddle steamer. For the 1908 German navy U-boat salvage tug, see SMS Vulkan.
SMS Vulcano
History
Austria-Hungary
Name
Vulcano (renamed Vulkan / Vulcan)
Launched
1843[1]
Fate
In service until 1872, stricken in 1884 to become a coal hulk[1]
General characteristics
Displacement
483 metric tons (475 long tons; 532 short tons)[2]
Installed power
120 ihp (89 kW)[3]
Armament
2 × 48 pounder guns[3]
4 × 12 pounder guns[3]
paper hot air balloons with 24-30 pound bombs (1849 use)[4]
SMS Vulcano (subsequently renamed to German Vulkan, also Vulcan) was a paddle steamer[1] built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in Venice and launched in 1843.[2] Subsequently given the German name Vulkan,[5] or Vulcan.[1] Remained in service until 1872, and finally stricken in 1884 to become a coal hulk.[1]
In 1849 the Vulcano, serving as a balloon carrier (the precursor to the aircraft carrier),[6] launched hot air balloon bombs at Venice, the first offensive use of air power in naval aviation.[4][7][8]
^ abcdeThe Influence of Air Power Upon History, Walter J. Boyne, page 409
^ abTo Ascend from a Floating Base: Shipboard Aeronautics and Aviation, 1783-1914, R. D. Layman, page 34
^ abcVENICE THE CITY OF THE SEA, Edmund Flagg, pages 242-243, 254, 451
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^In the Service of the Emperor: Italians in the Austrian Armed Forces, 1814-1918, Lawrence Sondhaus, page 87
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SMSVulcano (subsequently renamed to German Vulkan, also Vulcan) was a paddle steamer built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in Venice and launched in 1843...
from land, but some were also dispatched from the side-wheel steamer SMSVulcano, which served as a balloon carrier. To determine the correct fuse settings...
the beginning of World War I. In 1849 the Austro-Hungarian naval ship SMSVulcano took part in the first aggressive use of balloons in warfare, serving...
mainly from land; however, some were also launched from the Austrian ship SMSVulcano. At least one bomb fell in the city; however, due to the wind changing...
The balloons were launched from land and from the Austrian navy ship SMSVulcano that acted as a balloon carrier. 1861 – The Union Army Balloon Corps...
Earliest recorded air raid, as Austria launches from land and from the ship SMSVulcano some 200 incendiary balloons against Venice. Sikh Empire dissolves as...
soil. Just over 40 years later on 12 July 1849, the Austrian Navy ship SMSVulcano was used for launching incendiary balloons. A number of small Montgolfiere...
from land; however, some were also launched from the side-wheel steamer SMSVulcano that acted as a balloon carrier. The Austrians used smaller pilot balloons...
mainly from land; however, some were also launched from the Austrian ship SMSVulcano. The Austrians used smaller pilot balloons to determine the correct fuse...
mainly from land; however, some were also launched from the Austrian ship SMSVulcano. The Austrians used smaller pilot balloons to determine the correct fuse...
The balloons were launched from land and from the Austrian navy ship SMSVulcano that acted as a balloon carrier, though the attack ended in failure as...
underwater. Other than the experimental use of incendiary balloons from SMSVulcano to bombard Venice in 1849 by its predecessor the Austrian Navy, it is...
12 May: Mississippi 20 May: Alexandre Pétion 5 Jun: HMS Cadmus Sep: SMSVulcano 11 Oct: HMS Rapid 18 Oct: HMS Tamar 15 Nov: HMS Royal Oak 11 Dec: HMS Bristol...
equipped with explosive charges from land and as well as from the steamship SMSVulcano in an attempt to bombard Venice. Although the experiment is mostly unsuccessful...
12 May: Mississippi 20 May: Alexandre Pétion 5 Jun: HMS Cadmus Sep: SMSVulcano 11 Oct: HMS Rapid 18 Oct: HMS Tamar 15 Nov: HMS Royal Oak 11 Dec: HMS Bristol...
from land; however, some were also launched from the side-wheel steamer SMSVulcano that acted as a balloon carrier. The Austrians used smaller pilot balloons...
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