Wreck of HMS Porcupine
Shipwreck site
- Position
- 35.9500° N, 3.9667° W
- Sank
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HMS Porcupine was a P-class destroyer built by Vickers-Armstrongs on the River Tyne. 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.
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About this wreck
HMS Porcupine is a recorded shipwreck site at 35.9500° N, 3.9667° W. Seadar tracks wreck locations alongside live vessel traffic — free, with sources from Wikidata and public hydrographic records.