Eleven vessels of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 have been named HMS Grampus after two members of the dolphin

Dolphin

Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from and , up to and . They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, mostly eating...

 family (Delphinidae): Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's Dolphin

Risso's Dolphin

Risso's dolphin is the only species of dolphin in the genus Grampus.-Taxonomy:Risso's dolphin is named after Antoine Risso, whose description formed the basis of the first public description of the animal, by Georges Cuvier, in 1812...

, and Orcinus orca, also known as the Killer Whale.
was a 14-gun sloop

Sloop-of-war

In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...

 launched in 1731. She foundered in the English Channel

English Channel

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 in 1742. was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1743 and was captured by the French in 1744. was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1746. She was converted to a fire ship

Fire ship

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 and renamed Strombolo in 1775. She was hulked in 1780.

• HMS Grampus
  HMS Buckingham (1751)
  HMS Buckingham was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 13 April 1751....
  
   was a 70-gun third-rate
  Third-rate
  In the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks . Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability , firepower, and cost...
  
   ship of the line
  Ship of the line
  A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
  
   launched in 1751 as HMS Buckingham
  HMS Buckingham (1751)
  HMS Buckingham was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 13 April 1751....
  
  . She was renamed HMS Grampus in 1777 and used as a storeship. was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1782 and broken up in 1794. was a 54-gun fourth rate, originally the East Indiaman Ceres. She was purchased in 1795 and wrecked in 1799. was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1802. She was used for harbour service from 1820, became the first of the Seamen's Hospital Society
  Seamen's Hospital Society
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  's hospital ship
  Hospital ship
  A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility or hospital; most are operated by the military forces of various countries, as they are intended to be used in or near war zones....
  
  s, and was sold in 1832.
• HMS Grampus
  HMS Tremendous
  HMS Tremendous was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 October 1784 at Deptford.Throughout May 1794 Tremendous, whilst under the command of Captain James Pigott, participated in the campaign which culminated in the Battle of the Glorious First of June...
  
   was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1784 as the 74-gun third-rate
  Third-rate
  In the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks . Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability , firepower, and cost...
  
   . She was rebuilt in 1810, and renamed HMS Grampus in 1850 and reduced to 50 guns. She served as powder hulk from 1856 and was sold in 1897. was a Beagle-class
  Beagle class destroyer
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   destroyer
  Destroyer
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   launched in 1910 as HMS Nautilus. She was renamed HMS Grampus in 1913 and was sold in 1920. was a Grampus class
  Grampus class submarine
  The Grampus-class submarines were a group of minelaying submarines built for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. These boats are sometimes referred to as the Porpoise class from the single prototype, HMS Porpoise built in 1932. Five boats to a modified design were built between 1936 and 1938...
  
   submarine
  Submarine
  A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
  
   launched in 1936 and sunk by Italian torpedo boats in 1940. was a Porpoise-class
  British Porpoise class submarine
  The Porpoise class was an eight-boat class of diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Navy. This class was originally designated patrol submarines, then attack. They were the first conventional British submarines to be built after the end of World War II...
  
   submarine launched in 1957. She was used as a training ship from 1976 until 1979, and was sunk as a target in 1980.