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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Griffin'', after the legendary creature, the Griffin: * was a 12-gun Royalist ship, captured by the Parliamentarians in 1655. She foundered in 1664. * was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1690, rebuilt in 1702 and sold in 1737. * was a 44-gun fifth rate, previously the French ''Griffon''. She was captured in 1712 and restored to France in 1713. * was a 12-gun cutter purchased in 1778 and sold in 1786. Under the command of Lieutenant Inglis, she captured a French privateer brig of sixteen 6-pounder guns on about 21 May 1779. * was a G-class destroyer launched in 1935. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 and renamed , and was sold in 1946. ==See also== * *Hired armed cutter ''Griffin'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Griffin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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