HMS Pylades explained
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pylades after Pylades, a character in Greek mythology:
- was an 18-gun sloop, previously the Dutch privateer Hercules. She was captured in 1781 and broken up in 1790.
- was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1794. She was wrecked later that year, but salvaged and sold. The Admiralty repurchased her in 1796 and sold her in 1815.
- was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1824 and broken up in 1845.
- was a wooden screw corvette launched in 1854 and sold in 1875.
- was a composite screw corvette launched in 1884 and sold in 1906.
- was an launched in 1916 and sold in 1921.
- was a launched in 1943 and sunk in 1944 during the Normandy Campaign.