&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Porcupine_(G93).jpg) "HMS Pork", the front half of HMS Porcupine
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Porcupine |
| Ordered | 20 October 1939 |
| Builder | Vickers Armstrong |
| Laid down | 26 December 1939 |
| Launched | 10 June 1941 |
| Commissioned | 31 August 1942 |
| Nickname(s) | HMS Pork and HMS Pine |
| Fate | Torpedoed and crippled by U-602. Cut into two by the Royal Navy. Both halves converted into two individual accommodation hulks known as HMS Pork and HMS Pine. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | P-class destroyer |
HMS Porcupine was a P-class destroyer built by Vickers Armstrong on the River Tyne.[1] She was ordered on 20 October 1939, laid down on 26 December 1939 and launched on 10 June 1941. She was commissioned on 31 August 1942, but had a relatively short active career. She was torpedoed in 1942 but salvaged and not finally broken up until 1947.
- ^ "NMM, vessel ID 373573" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol iii. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.