HMS Pallas

Seven ships of Brtain's Royal Navy have been called HMS Pallas. There are several figures called Pallas in Greek Mythology.

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• The first Pallas was a 36 gun fifth rate launched at Deptford in 1757 and run agound in 1783.
• The second Pallas was a 32 gun fifth rate launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1793 and wrecked in 1798 near Plymouth.
• The third Pallas was a 38 gun fifth rate launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1780 as HMS Minerva but renamed HMS Pallas when she was converted to a troopship in 1798. She was renamed HMS Shannon in 1803 and ran aground later that year. She was burnt to avoid capture by French forces.
• The fourth Pallas was another 32 gun fifth rate launched at Plymouth in 1804 and wrecked in 1810 at the Firth of Forth.
• The fifth Pallas was a 36 gun fifth rate launched at Portsmouth in 1816, and converted to a coal hulk in 1836. She was sold in 1862.
• The sixth Pallas was an armoured corvette launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1865, and sold in 1886.
• The seventh Pallas was a second class cruiser launched at Portsmouth in 1890, and sold in 1906.
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Royal Navy: The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the "senior service" of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. From approximately 1692 until World War II, the Royal Navy was the largest and most powerful navy in the world. The navy helped establish the United Kingdom as the domi...

Pallas: For other meanings of Pallas, see Pallas (disambiguation)....

Greek Mythology: Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. Our surviving sources of mythology are literary reworkings of this oral tradition, supplemented by interpretations of iconic imagery, some...




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