HMS Pallas

Seven ships of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy have been called HMS "Pallas". There are several figures called Pallas in Greek Mythology.

* The first "Pallas" was a 36 gun fifth rate launched at Deptford in 1757 and run aground in 1783.
* The second "Pallas" was a 32 gun fifth rate launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1793 and wrecked in 1798 near Plymouth.
* The third (by order of launch) "Pallas" was a 38 gun fifth rate launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1780 as HMS "Minerva" but renamed HMS "Pallas" when she was converted to a troopship in 1798. She was renamed HMS "Shannon" in 1803 and ran aground later that year. She was burnt to avoid capture by French forces.
* The fourth (third by order of name) "Pallas", the lead ship of her class, was another 32 gun fifth rate launched at Woolwich in 1794 and wrecked in 1798 at Plymouth.
* The fifth "Pallas" was another 32 gun fifth rate launched at Plymouth in 1804 and wrecked in 1810 at the Firth of Forth.
* The sixth "Pallas" was a 36 gun fifth rate launched at Portsmouth in 1816, and converted to a coal hulk in 1836. She was sold in 1862.
* The seventh "Pallas" was an armoured corvette launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1865, and sold in 1886.
* The eighth "Pallas" was a second class cruiser launched at Portsmouth in 1890, and sold in 1906.

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