HMS Grampus

Eleven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Grampus" after two members of the dolphin family (Delphinidae): "Grampus griseus", also known as Risso's Dolphin, and "Orcinus orca", also known as the Killer Whale.

*HMS|Grampus|1731|6 was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1731. She foundered in the English Channel in 1742.
*HMS|Grampus|1743|6 was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1743 and was captured by the French in 1744.
*HMS|Grampus|1746|6 was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1746. She was converted to a fire ship and renamed "Strombolo" in 1775. She was hulked in 1780.
*HMS "Grampus" was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1751 as HMS "Buckingham". She was renamed HMS "Grampus" in 1777 and used as a storeship.
*HMS|Grampus|1782|6 was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1782 and broken up in 1794.
*HMS|Grampus|1795|6 was a 54-gun fourth rate, originally the East Indiaman "Ceres". She was purchased in 1795 and wrecked in 1799.
*HMS|Grampus|1802|6 was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1802. She was used for harbour service from 1820, became the first of the Seamen's Hospital Society's hospital ships, and was sold in 1832.
*HMS "Grampus" was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1784 as the 74-gun third-rate HMS|Tremendous. She was rebuilt in 1810, and renamed HMS "Grampus" in 1850 and reduced to 50 guns. She served as powder hulk from 1856 and was sold in 1897.
*HMS|Grampus|1910|6 was a "Beagle"-class destroyer launched in 1910 as HMS "Nautilus". She was renamed HMS "Grampus" in 1913 and was sold in 1920.
*HMS|Grampus|N56|6 was a "Grampus" class submarine launched in 1936 and sunk by Italian torpedo boats in 1940.
*HMS|Grampus|S04|6 was a "Porpoise"-class submarine launched in 1957. She was used as a training ship from 1976 until 1979, and was sunk as a target in 1980.

ee also

* USS "Grampus"
* CSS "Grampus"

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