HMS Pelorus is the designation which has been given to numerous ships of the Royal Navy.
HMS Pelorus (1808) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and wrecked in 1844 while transporting opium to China.
HMS Pelorus (1857) was a 22-gun Pearl-class wooden screw corvette launched in 1857 and broken up for scrap in 1869.
HMS Pelorus (1889), a Pearl-class light cruiser launched in 1889 and renamed HMS Mildura in 1890. She served on the Australia Station and was sold for scrap in 1906.
HMS Pelorus (1896), a Pelorus-class protected cruiser launched in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1920.
HMS Pelorus (J291), an Algerine-class minesweeper launched in 1943. She was sold to South Africa in 1947, becoming HMSAS Pietermaritzburg. She was scuttled on 12 November 1994 to make an artificial reef at Miller's Point near Simon's Town, South Africa.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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1889 and renamed HMS Mildura in 1890. She served on the Australia Station and was sold for scrap in 1906. HMSPelorus (1896), a Pelorus-class protected...
Look up pelorus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pelorus may refer to: Pelorus (Sicily), a peninsula of the island of Sicily Pelorus Island, an island...
from Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere because it was at the entrance to that stretch of water where he would regularly meet ships to accompany them. Pelorus Jack...
Pelorus Sound (Māori: Te Hoiere; officially Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere) is the largest of the sounds which make up the Marlborough Sounds at the north...
HMS Mildura was a Pearl-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the late 1880s. Originally named HMSPelorus, she was renamed after an Australian town...
Range into Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere. This area is fantastic for camping and is renowned for its magnificent river swimming where the Pelorus River runs...
HMSAS Bloemfontein (ex Rosamund) and HMSAS Pietermaritzburg (ex HMSPelorus), as well as the Flower-class corvette HMS Rockrose which was converted into the hydrographic...
built in 1813 that was decommissioned in 1817. The second HMS Pactolus (1896) was a Pelorus-class cruiser built in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1921. This...
Pelorus Islet (also known as Pelorus Reef and Pelorus Rock) is an islet in the Australian state of South Australia located in Great Australian Bight off...
Alecto-class paddle sloop launched in 1839. HMS Prometheus (1898) was a Pelorus-class protected cruiser launched in 1898, and sold in 1914. This article...
September (unknown date): Elizabeth October (unknown date): Belle Poule 25 Nov: HMSPelorus Other incidents 1 Jul: La Amistad 12 Sep: Weymouth 1838 1840...
America on board HMS Ganges. In 1827–1830, he was on the Royal Navy's HMS Forte. And then in 1830, he was with Phillip Parker King on board HMS Adventure while...
service from 1886, was renamed HMS Defiance II in 1904 and was probably sold in 1912. HMS Perseus (1897) was a Pelorus-class protected cruiser launched...
HMS Pegasus (1878), a 1,140-ton Doterel-class sloop launched in 1878. HMS Pegasus (1897), a 2,135-ton Pelorus-class cruiser launched in 1897. HMS Pegasus (1917)...
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