HMS Porcupine (1895)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Porcupine
Ordered	7 November 1893
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Laid down	28 March 1894
Launched	19 September 1895
Fate	Sold and scrapped in 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Janus-class destroyer
Displacement	320 long tons (330 t)
Length	204 ft 6 in (62.33 m) oa
Beam	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Draught	8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Installed power	3,900 ihp (2,900 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Reed boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun; 3 × 6-pounder; 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Porcupine was a Janus-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company in 1895, served in home waters and was in service during the First World War.

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