Five ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Griffin'', after the
legendary creature
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, the
Griffin
The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Ancient Greek: , ''gryps''; Classical Latin: ''grȳps'' or ''grȳpus''; Late Latin, Late and Medieval Latin: ''gryphes'', ''grypho'' etc.; Old French: ''griffon'') is a legendary creature with the body, tail ...
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* was a 12-gun
Royalist ship, captured by the
Parliamentarians in 1655. She foundered in 1664.
* was an 8-gun
fireship launched in 1690, rebuilt in 1702 and sold in 1737.
* was a 44-gun
fifth rate, previously the French ''Griffon''. She was captured in 1712 and restored to France in 1713.
* was a 12-gun
cutter
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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.
* was a
G-class destroyer
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launched in 1935. She was transferred to the
Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 and renamed , and was sold in 1946.
See also
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Hired armed cutter
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Royal Navy ship names