Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pilot:
- HMS Pilot was a 14-gun brig-sloop, formerly the French Mutin-class cutter Pilote. Pilote was launched November 1778 at Dunkirk.[1] She was under the command of the Chevalier de Clonard when Jupiter captured her on 2 October 1779, together with Mutine;[2] the Admiralty sold her in May 1799.
- HMS Pilot was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1807 and sold in 1828.
- HMS Pilot was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1838 and sold in 1862.
- HMS Pilot was an 8-gun training brig launched in 1879 and sold in 1907.
Citations[]
- ↑ Demerliac (1996), p.87, #573.
- ↑ "No. 12020". 5 October 1779. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/12020/page/
References[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). ISBN 2-906381-23-3
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