HMS Pilot

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

1. Demerliac (1996), p.87, #573.
2. The London Gazette: no. 12020. p. 2. 5 October 1779.

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