Four ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
have borne the name HMS ''Pilot'', or HMS ''Pilote'':
* was a 14-gun
brig-sloop
During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system of the Royal Navy covered all vessels with 20 or more guns; thus, the term encompassed all ...
, formerly the French ''Mutin''-class cutter ''Pilote''. ''Pilote'' was launched November 1778 at Dunkirk; the Admiralty sold her in May 1799.
* was an 18-gun launched in 1807 and sold in 1828. She became a
whaler
A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales.
Terminology
The term ''whaler'' is mostly historic. A handful of nations continue with industrial whaling, and one, Jap ...
, making five whale fishing voyages between 1830 and 1842; she was last listed in 1844.
* was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1838 and sold in 1862.
* was an 8-gun
training brig launched in 1879 and sold in 1907.
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Royal Navy ship names