HMS Vivid (1891)
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  United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Vivid |
| Namesake: | Capercailzie |
| Builder: | Barclay, Curl, and Co., Glasgow |
| Yard number: | 321 |
| Way number: | 87699 |
| Launched: | 20 June 1883 |
| Completed: | 1883 |
| Acquired: | 1891 |
| In service: | 1891-1913 |
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| Fate: | Wrecked on 8 July 1913 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 550 tons |
| Length: | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Installed power: | 450 hp |
| Propulsion: | 1 x 2-cylinder compound engine, single shaft, 1 screw, 2 masts |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
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HMS Vivid was an iron screw yacht purchased from civilian service in 1891, where she had been named SS Capercailzie. She became the Devonport base ship and flagship in 1893 and was also used as the yacht for the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth and was sold in 1912, later being wrecked in 1913.
SS Capercailzie was built by Barclay, Curl, and Co. in 1883 on the Clyde. She was owned by George Burns, a shipping company owner, who sold her to the Royal Navy in 1891.
On 26 September 1891, SS Capercailzie was purchased by the Royal Navy for use as tender for the Devonport naval base, Plymouth and as a yacht for the port admiral. Staff Commander W. Way was in command in early 1900.
In 1912, she was sold to the The Royal Technical College, Glasgow for use as a training ship. The purchase was a major investment for the college, spending an estimated £3000 on the ship and refit. On 8 July 1913 she ran aground and was wrecked at Colonsay en route from Rhu (at the time spelt ‘Row’) to Stornoway on her first voyage as a civilian training ship.
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