He is known by a number of nicknames, including "the Porpoise", Needles and Porps.
The name derives from French pourpois, possibly from Medieval Latin porcopiscis (porcus pig + piscis fish; cf.
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While sailing in convoy on October 16, Lieutenant Louis M. Goldsborough of the Porpoise liberated the British brig Comet after watching it get captured by 250 pirates in five vessels.
Lieutenant Benjamin Cooper commanded the twelve gun schooner USS Porpoise in October 1827 and was in the process of escorting a convoy of five American ships and six others from Syrma to Malta.
She lived for a while with James Dodding and subsequently made her way to van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on the Porpoise.
The lagoon and bay of Kalloni is a shallow, rich wetland that hosts a stupendous variety of aquatic and avian life, including flamingos, porpoises and seals.
After Porpoise leveled off in Manila Bay at a depth of 20 feet (6.1 meters), Whiting informed his crew that he was convinced that a man could escape from a submarine through a torpedo tube and that he intended to test the idea on himself.
There appears to be a relationship with the concept of the Boto (the fresh-water porpoise found in the Amazonas River and its tributaries) having shape-shifting abilities and then while in the form of a human male having sexual relations with young women.
The Porpoise single hose SCUBA found its initial international praise in Arthur C. Clarke's 1955 book Coast of Coral.
The style of the recordings was similar to those found on the compilation At Home With The Groovebox ("Robyn Turns 26" and "Watch Out!"), the B-sides of the Spit on a Stranger single ("Rooftop Gambler" and "The Porpoise And The Hand Grenade"), and the demo version of "Major Leagues" found on the Major Leagues EP.