HMS Pylades (1781)
HMS Pylades was an 18-gun Dutch-built brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1781. She was originally built as the privateer Hercules, which in November the British captured. She went on to serve during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War and the subsequent years of peace.
| History | |
|---|---|
| Dutch Republic | |
| Name | Hercules |
| Builder | Amsterdam |
| Launched | 1781 |
| Captured | December 1781 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Pylades |
| Acquired | 3 December 1781 |
| Fate | Broken up by 23 March 1790 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 18-gun brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 399 12⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 30 ft 4 in (9.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.66 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 125 |
| Armament | 18 x short 9-pounder guns + 12 x ½pdr swivel guns |
The privateer was one of two captured in the North Sea at the same time, both of which the Royal Navy took into service. Pylades went on to serve under several commanders, spending most of her career sailing in the English Channel. She did not survive to see service in the French Revolutionary Wars, having been sold for breaking up in March 1790.
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