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Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Porpoise'', after the marine mammal, the Porpoise: *HMS ''Porpoise'' was a 16-gun sloop, formerly the ''Annapolis'', purchased in 1777. She was renamed HMS ''Firebrand'' in 1778 and was burnt off Falmouth in 1781. *HMS ''Porpoise'' was a 14-gun storeship purchased in 1780 and sold in 1783. *HMS ''Porpoise'' was also a storeship, launched in 1798, renamed HMS ''Diligent'' in 1801 and sold in 1802. *HMS ''Porpoise'' was a 10-gun storeship, formerly the Spanish sloop ''Infanta Amelia''. HMS ''Argo'' captured her in 1799 off Portugal; ''Porpoise'' was wrecked in 1803 off New South Wales. *HMS ''Porpoise'' was a 10-gun storeship, formerly the ''Lord Melville'', launched in 1804. The Admiralty purchased her that same year and sold her in 1816. *HMS ''Porpoise'' was a mortar vessel 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 ''Porpoise'' 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 Navy in 1920, who renamed her "Maranhão". *HMS ''Porpoise'' was a launched in 1932. She served in the Second World War and was sunk in 1945. *HMS ''Porpoise'' was a ''Porpoise''-class diesel patrol submarine launched in 1956 and sunk as a target in 1985. ==References== * 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 Porpoise」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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