HMS Pylades (1884)
HMS Pylades anchored at Hobsons Bay, Port Phillip c. 1895. | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Pylades |
| Namesake | Pylades |
| Builder | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Laid down | 1 January 1883 |
| Launched | 5 November 1884 |
| Commissioned | 17 November 1884 |
| Fate | Sold on 3 April 1906 for breaking up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Satellite-class sloop |
| Displacement | 1,420 tons |
| Length | 200 ft (61 m) pp |
| Beam | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m) |
| Installed power | 1,470 ihp (1,096 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
| Range | Approximately 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 170–200 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Internal steel deck over machinery and magazines |
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HMS Pylades was a Satellite-class composite screw sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 5 November 1884. She was later reclassified as a corvette and was the last corvette built for the Royal Navy until the Second World War.