HMS Griffin

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Griffin, after the legendary creature, the Griffin:

  • HMS Griffin (1655) was a 12-gun Royalist ship, captured by the Parliamentarians in 1655. She foundered in 1664.
  • HMS Griffin (1690) was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1690, rebuilt in 1702 and sold in 1737.
  • HMS Griffin (1712) was a 44-gun fifth rate, previously the French Griffon. She was captured in 1712 and restored to France in 1713.
  • HMS Griffin (1778) was a 12-gun cutter purchased in 1778 and sold in 1786. Under the command of Lieutenant Inglis, she captured a French privateer brig of sixteen 6-pounder guns on about 21 May 1779.[1]
  • HMS Griffin (H31) was a G-class destroyer launched in 1935. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 and renamed HMCS Ottawa, and was sold in 1946.

See also

Citations

  1. "No. 11982". The London Gazette. 25 May 1779. p. 3.

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