HMS Porpoise

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Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Porpoise, after the marine mammal, the Porpoise:

  • HMS Porpoise was a 16-gun sloop, formerly the Annapolis, purchased in 1777. She was renamed HMS Firebrand in 1778 and was burnt off Falmouth in 1781.
  • HMS Porpoise was a 14-gun storeship purchased in 1780 and sold in 1783.
  • HMS Porpoise was another storeship launched in 1798, renamed HMS Diligent in 1801 and sold in 1802.
  • HMS Porpoise was a 10-gun storeship, formerly the Spanish sloop Infanta Amelia. She was captured by HMS Argo in 1799 off Portugal, and wrecked in 1803 off New South Wales.
  • HMS Porpoise was a 10-gun storeship, formerly the Lord Melville. She was purchased in 1804 and sold in 1816.
  • HMS Porpoise was a mortar vessel launched in 1855. She was renamed MV 8 later that year and hulked in 1866, before being sold in 1885.
  • HMS Porpoise was a wood screw Albacore class gunboat, launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864.
  • HMS Porpoise was a torpedo cruiser launched in 1886 and sold in 1905.
  • HMS Porpoise was an Acasta class destroyer launched in 1913 and sold to the Brazilian Navy in 1920, who renamed her Alexandrino Dealenca.
  • HMS Porpoise was a Grampus class submarine launched in 1932. She served in World War Two and was sunk in 1945.
  • HMS Porpoise was a Porpoise class diesel patrol submarine launched in 1956 and sunk as a target in 1985.
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