Editing HMS Grampus

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Eleven vessels of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Grampus''''' after two members of the [[dolphin]] family ([[Delphinidae]]): ''Grampus griseus'', also known as [[Risso's dolphin]], and ''Orcinus orca'', also known as the [[killer whale]].

*{{HMS|Grampus|1731}} was a 14-gun [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] launched in 1731. She foundered in the [[English Channel]] in 1742.
*{{HMS|Grampus|1743}} was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1743 and was captured by the French in 1744.
*{{HMS|Grampus|1746}} was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1746. She was converted to a [[fire ship]] and renamed ''Strombolo'' in 1775. She was hulked in 1780.
*[[HMS Buckingham (1751)|HMS ''Grampus'']] was a 70-gun [[third-rate]] [[ship of the line]] launched in 1751 as [[HMS Buckingham (1751)|HMS ''Buckingham'']]. She was renamed HMS ''Grampus'' in 1777 and used as a storeship.
*{{HMS|Grampus|1782}} was a 50-gun [[fourth rate]] launched in 1782 and broken up in 1794.
*HMS ''Grampus'' was a 54-gun fourth rate, originally the [[East Indiaman]] {{ship||Ceres|1787 EIC ship|2}}, which the Admiralty purchased in 1795; she grounded and was abandoned in 1799.
*{{HMS|Grampus|1802}} was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1802. She was used for harbour service from 1820, became the first of the [[Seamen's Hospital Society]]'s [[hospital ship]]s, and was sold in 1832.
*{{HMS|Grampus|1845}} was a 50-gun fourth rate, originally launched in 1784 as the 74-gun [[third-rate]] {{HMS|Tremendous}}. She was reduced to 50 guns in 1845, and renamed HMS ''Grampus''. She served as powder hulk from 1856 and was sold in 1897.
*{{HMS|Grampus|1910}} was a {{sclass|Beagle|destroyer}} launched in 1910 as HMS ''Nautilus''. She was renamed HMS ''Grampus'' in 1913 and was sold in 1920.
*{{HMS|Grampus|N56}} was a {{sclass|Grampus|submarine}} launched in 1936 and sunk by Italian torpedo boats in 1940.
*{{HMS|Grampus|S04}} was a [[British Porpoise-class submarine|''Porpoise''-class]] submarine launched in 1957. She was used as a [[training ship]] from 1976 until 1979, and was sunk as a target in 1980.

==See also==
* {{ship|CSS|Grampus}}
* {{USS|Grampus}}

==References==
* {{Cite Colledge2006}}

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