HMS Porpoise
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Eleven ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Porpoise, after the marine mammal, the Porpoise
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Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS Porpoise, after the marine mammal, the Porpoise
Porpoise
Porpoises are small cetaceans of the family Phocoenidae; they are related to whales and dolphins. They are distinct from dolphins, although the word "porpoise" has been used to refer to any small dolphin, especially by sailors and fishermen...
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- HMS Porpoise was a 16-gun sloop, formerly the Annapolis, purchased in 1777. She was renamed HMS Firebrand in 1778 and was burnt off FalmouthFalmouth, CornwallFalmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....
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 PorpoiseHMS Porpoise (1799)HMS Porpoise was a 10-gun sloop originally built in Bilbao, Spain, as the packet ship Infanta Amelia. She was 308 tons, 93ft long on the gun deck and a beam of 27ft, 11 inches. On 6 August 1799 HMS Argo captured her off the coast of Portugal...
was a 10-gun storeship, formerly the Spanish sloop Infanta Amelia. She was captured by HMS ArgoHMS Argo (1781)HMS Argo was a 44-gun fifth-rate Roebuck-class ship of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1781 from Howdon Dock. She was the largest vessel that had been launched on the River Tyne...
in 1799 off PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, and wrecked in 1803 off New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. 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 vesselBomb vesselA bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannon —although bomb vessels carried a few cannon for self-defence—but rather mortars mounted forward near the bow and elevated to a high angle, and projecting their fire in a...
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 , launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864.
- HMS PorpoiseHMS Porpoise (1886)HMS Porpoise was an Archer-class torpedo cruiser of the Royal Navy, built by J. & G. Thompson at Glasgow and launched on 7 May 1886....
was an Archer-class torpedo cruiser launched in 1886 and sold in 1905. - HMS Porpoise was an launched in 1913 and sold to the Brazilian NavyBrazilian NavyThe Brazilian Navy is a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations. It is the largest navy in Latin America...
in 1920, who renamed her Alexandrino Dealenca. - HMS PorpoiseHMS Porpoise (N14)HMS Porpoise was one of the six ship class of Grampus-class mine-laying submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built at Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched August 30, 1932. She served in World War II in most of the naval theatres of the war, in home waters, the Mediterranean and the far east...
was a launched in 1932. She served in the Second World WarWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and was sunk in 1945. - HMS PorpoiseHMS Porpoise (S01)HMS Porpoise was a Porpoise-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 25 April 1956, commissioned on 17 April 1958, and was sunk as a target in 1985....
was a Porpoise-classBritish Porpoise class submarineThe 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...
diesel patrol submarine launched in 1956 and sunk as a target in 1985.