HMS Porcupine

Last updated November 05, 2021

Nine vessels of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy have been named HMS Porcupine, after the porcupine, a rodent belonging to the families Erethizontidae or Hystricidae.

HMS Porcupine (1746) was a 16-gun sloop purchased in 1746 and sold in 1763.
HMS Porcupine (1777) was a 24-gun post ship launched in 1777 and broken up in 1805.
HMS Porcupine was a 16-gun sloop purchased in Jamaica in 1777 and sold in 1788.
HMS Porcupine (1807) was a 22-gun post ship launched in 1807 and sold in 1816.
HMS Porcupine was to have been a 28-gun sixth rate; ordered in 1819, she was canceled in 1832.
HMS Porcupine (1844) was a wooden paddle wheel surveying vessel built at Deptford and sold in 1883.
HMS Porcupine (1895) was a Janus-class destroyer launched by Palmers in 1895 that served in home waters and was sold in 1920.
HMS Porcupine (G93) was a P-class destroyer launched in 1941 and torpedoed by U-602 in the Mediterranean Sea in 1942.
HMS Porcupine was to have been a survey ship, renamed in 1967 as HMS Barracouta, but the order was cancelled in 1967.

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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diana after the figure from Roman mythology, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:

Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ranger

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Panther, after the panther, whilst another two were planned:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scourge :

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albatross, after the seabird, the albatross. A seventh was planned but never completed:

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

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Siren, Syren or Sirene, after the Sirens of Greek mythology:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peterel:

Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Viper, or HMS Vipere, after the members of the Viperidae family:

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Gosset, William Patrick (1986). The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. Mansell. ISBN 0-7201-1816-6.

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