HMS Portia

Last updated December 25, 2021

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Portia. Another was renamed before being launched, while yet another was never completed:

HMS Portia (1810) was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1810 and sold in 1817.
HMS Portia was to have been a Philomel-class gunvessel. She was laid down in 1861, but cancelled in 1863.
HMS Portia (1906) was a fleet messenger sunk in 1915 by SM U-28
HMS Portia was to have been a Laforey-class destroyer. She was renamed HMS Lennox (1914) in 1913, and launched in 1914.
HMS Portia (1916) was an Admiralty M-class destroyer launched in 1916. She was sold in 1921 and scrapped in 1922.

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