HMS Porpoise (1886)

HMS Porpoise was an  torpedo cruiser of the Royal Navy, built by J. & G. Thompson at Glasgow and launched on 7 May 1886.

Commenced service on the Australia Station in December 1897. During the Samoan civil unrest in 1899, she took part in operations with  and . She left the Australia Station and was paid off at Portsmouth 20 May 1901.
She was sold at Bombay on 10 February 1905.

Commanding officers
 Commander A. H. D. Ravenhill – until May 1901

Citations

References
Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. 

Category:1886 ships
Category:Ships built on the River Clyde
Category:Archer-class cruisers
Category:Victorian-era naval ships of the United Kingdom