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HMS Portia

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Portia. Another was renamed before being launched, while yet another was never completed:

  • HMS Portia was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1810 and sold in 1817.
  • HMS Portia was to have been a Philomel-class gunvessel. She was laid down in 1861, but cancelled in 1863.
  • HMS Portia was a fleet messenger sunk in 1915 by SM U-28
  • HMS Portia was to have been a Laforey-class destroyer. She was renamed HMS Lennox in 1913, and launched in 1914.
  • HMS Portia was an Admiralty M-class destroyer launched in 1916. She was sold in 1921 and scrapped in 1922.

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    HMS Portia Wikipedia
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