HMS Porcupine

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HMS Porcupine was a Royal Navy 3-gun wooden paddle steamer. It was built by Oliver Lang in Deptford Dockyard in 1844 and served as a survey ship. It was first employed in the survey of the Thames Estuary by Captain Frederick Bullock.

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Nautical chart of Folkestone HarbourNautical chart of Folkestone Harbour
FMIB 49314 Stern Derrick of the FMIB 49314 Stern Derrick of the "Porcupine" showing the "accumulator" the dredge, and the mode of stowing the rope
HMS Porcupine (1844)HMS Porcupine (1844)
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Gravestone for Richard Williams buried at ScorrybreacGravestone for Richard Williams buried at Scorrybreac