HMS Porpoise (1804)
HMS Porpoise was the former quarter-decked sloop, the mercantile Lord Melville, which the Royal Navy purchased in 1804 to use as a storeship. Her early career was much bound up with William Bligh and Australia's history. She was sold in 1816.
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HMS Porpoise (1804)
HMS Porpoise was the former quarter-decked sloop, the mercantile Lord Melville, which the Royal Navy purchased in 1804 to use as a storeship. Her early career was much bound up with William Bligh and Australia's history. She was sold in 1816.
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HMS Porpoise was the former qu ...... history. She was sold in 1816.
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By purchase c. September 1804
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*Upper deck:8 x 18-pounder car ...... x 9-pounder guns as storeship
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United Kingdom
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HMS Porpoise was the former qu ...... history. She was sold in 1816.
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HMS Porpoise (1804)
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HMS Porpoise
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Lord Melville
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