# HMS Whelp

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One ship of the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) has borne the name '''HMS ''Whelp''''', while another was planned. Another twelve have borne the name '''''Lion's Whelp''''':

* HMS ''Whelp'' was to have been a modified [W-class](/source/V_and_W-class_destroyer) [destroyer](/source/destroyer), ordered but cancelled in 1919.
* {{HMS|Whelp|R37}} was a [W-class](/source/W_and_Z-class_destroyer) destroyer launched in 1943. She was sold to the [South African Navy](/source/South_African_Navy) in 1953 and was renamed SAS ''Simon van der Stel''. She underwent a limited conversion to a [frigate](/source/frigate) in 1963, and was sold in 1976.

==''Lion's Whelp''==
* {{HMS|Lion's Whelp|1591}} was a vessel of unknown type, lost at sea in 1591.
* {{HMS|Lion's Whelp|1601}} was an 11-gun [ketch](/source/ketch) purchased in 1601 and given away in 1625.
* Ten 14-gun [sloops](/source/sloop-of-war) were built for [George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham](/source/George_Villiers%2C_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham) in 1627. They were all named ''[Lion's Whelp](/source/Lyon's_Whelp)'', and numbered one to ten. They were acquired by the navy after the Duke's death:
** ''Lion's Whelp I'' was sold in 1651.
** ''Lion's Whelp II'' was sold in 1650.
** ''Lion's Whelp III'' was lost in 1648.
** ''Lion's Whelp IV'' was lost in 1636.
** ''Lion's Whelp V'' was wrecked in 1637.
** ''Lion's Whelp VI'' was wrecked in 1628.
** ''Lion's Whelp VII'' was blown up in 1630.
** ''Lion's Whelp VIII'' was hulked in 1645.
** ''Lion's Whelp IX'' was wrecked in 1640.
** ''Lion's Whelp X'' was sold in 1654.

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