| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | P |
| Pennant | G 93 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) : Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 20 Oct 1939 |
| Laid down | 26 Dec 1939 |
| Launched | 10 Jun 1941 |
| Commissioned | 31 Aug 1942 |
| End service | 9 Dec 1942 |
| Loss position | |
| History | HMS Porcupine (Cdr. George Scott Stewart, RAN) was torpedoed on 9 December 1942 north east of Oran, Algeria in position 36º40'N, 00º04'W by the German submarine U-602 and declared a total loss.
Scrapped at Plymouth on 6 May 1946. Commanding Officer: Hit by U-boat |
Commands listed for HMS Porcupine (G 93)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. George Scott Stewart, RAN | 5 Jun 1942 | 9 Dec 1942 |
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Noteable events involving Porcupine include:
11 Nov 1942
The Dutch destroyer HrMs Isaac Sweers (Capt. W. Harmsen, RNethN) and the British destroyer HMS Porcupine (Cdr. G.S. Stewart, RAN) together pick up 241 survivors from the Dutch troop transport Nieuw Zeeland that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-380 about 80 miles east of Gibraltar in position 35º57'N, 03º58'W.