HMS Portland

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Portland, either after Portland Harbour in Dorset or after holders of the title of the Duke of Portland:

• HMS Portland (1653) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched at Wapping in 1653 and burnt to avoid capture in 1692.
• HMS Portland (1693) was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1693, rebuilt in 1723 and broken up in 1743.
• HMS Portland (1744) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1744 and sold in 1763.
• HMS Portland (1770) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1770. She was converted to a 10-gun storeship in 1800 and a prison ship in 1802. She was sold in 1817.
• HMS Portland (1795) was a barge probably used to defend Plymouth. She was purchased in 1795 and was sold on 29 December 1799 for £155.[1]
• HMS Portland (1822) was a 52-gun fourth rate launched in 1822. She was to have been named HMS Kingston, but this was changed before launch in 1817. She was sold in 1862.
• HMS Portland was to have been a Bangor-class minesweeper. She was laid down in 1941 and renamed HMS Taitam later that year. The Japanese captured her in 1941 whilst she was under construction; she became the Japanese minesweeper M/S 101. The Americans sank her in 1945.
• HMS Portland (F79) is a Type 23 frigate launched in 1999 and currently in service.