HMS Porcupine (1777)

Porcupine
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Porcupine
Ordered	21 June 1776
Awarded	25 June 1776
Builder	Edward Greaves, Limehouse
Laid down	July 1776
Launched	17 December 1777
Completed	14 February 1778
Commissioned	December 1777
Fate	Broken up at Woolwich in April 1805
General characteristics
Class and type	24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	519 59⁄94 (bm)
Length	114 ft 3 in (34.82 m) (overall) 94 ft 2 in (28.70 m) (keel)
Beam	32 ft 2+1⁄2 in (9.817 m)
Draught	7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) 11 ft (3.4 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	160
Armament	Upper deck: 22 × 9-pounder guns QD: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Porcupine was a 24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy built in 1777 and broken up in 1805. During her career she saw service in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars.