HMS Porpoise

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 another 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". She was captured by HMS "Argo" in 1799 off Portugal, and wrecked in 1803 off New South Wales.
*HMS "Porpoise" was a 10-gun storeship, formerly the "Lord Melville". She was purchased in 1804 and sold 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 "Albacore" class gunboat, launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864.
*HMS "Porpoise" was a torpedo cruiser launched in 1886 and sold in 1905.
*HMS "Porpoise" was an "Acasta" class destroyer launched in 1913 and sold to the Brazilian Navy in 1920, who renamed her "Alexandrino Dealenca".
*HMS "Porpoise" was a "Grampus" class submarine launched in 1932. She served in World War Two and was sunk in 1945.
*HMS "Porpoise" was a "Porpoise" class diesel patrol submarine launched in 1956 and sunk as a target in 1985.