| Name: | VULCAN |
| Launched: | 17/11/1891 |
| Completed: | 1891 |
| Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 136 |
| Dimensions: | 220grt, 75nrt, 115.0 x 21.5 x 14.9ft; (1914: 200grt, 17nrt, 108.5 x 21.7 x 12.8ft) |
| Engines: | C2cyl (20 & 38 x 26ins), 75nhp |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1914: 135095) |
| History: | |
| 1891 | VBDG - Vereinigte Bugsier und Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft, Hamburg |
| 23/04/1914 | Nicholson Steam Tug & Salvage; registered at Leith; renamed R NICHOLSON |
| 04/1919 | Leith Salvage & Towage Co Ltd, Leith |
| 08/1936 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 08/1914 to 05/1919: Hired by the Admiralty for service at Scapa Flow |
| Broken up at Inverkeithing by Thomas W Ward Ltd |
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 18/11/1891