HMS Porcupine (G 93)
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| Name | HMS Porcupine (G 93) | ||
| Type: | Destroyer (P) | ||
| Tonnage | 1.540 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker Yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 9 Dec, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | A total loss by U-602 (Philipp Schüler) | ||
| Position | 36.40N, 00.04W - Grid CH 8182 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Gibraltar - Algiers | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.30 hours on 9 Dec, 1942, the HMS Porcupine (G 93) (Cdr G.S. Stewart, RAN) was hit by one of three fired torpedoes from U-602 northeast of Oran while escorting HMS Maidstone (F 44) from Gibraltar to Algiers. The badly damaged destroyer was towed to Oran, where she was declared a total loss. She was later cut in two parts that were brought to Portsmouth and used as base ships named HMS Pork and HMS Pine. They were scrapped at Plymouth on 6 May, 1946. | ||
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