HMS ''Pylades'' was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1824 and broken up in 1845. Built at the

Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich Dockyard (formally H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich, also known as The King's Yard, Woolwich) was an English Royal Navy Dockyard, naval dockyard along the river Thames at Woolwich in north-west Kent, where many ships were built from the early 1 ...

and launched on 29 June 1824, she was armed with two 9-pounder guns and twelve 32-pounder carronades; she had a crew of 125 men. Under the command of

Talavera Vernon Anson Admiral Talavera Vernon Anson (26 November 1809 – 8 September 1895) was a Royal Navy officer who took part in the Greek War of Independence and the First Opium War. Early life Born in 1809, Anson was the second son of General Sir George Anso ...

, ''Pylades'' took part in the

First Opium War The First Opium War (), also known as the Opium War or the Anglo-Sino War was a series of military engagements fought between Britain and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of the ...

and was present at the

Battle of Amoy The Battle of Amoy was fought between British and Qing forces at Amoy (present-day Xiamen) on Xiamen Island, Fujian, in the Qing Empire on 26August 1841 during the First Opium War. The British captured the forts at Xiamen and on nearby Gulang ...

in 1841. ''Pylades'' ran aground and capsized at Roona Point,

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on 14 April 1831 but was later repaired. She was broken up in May 1845.

References

HMS Pylades - Anglo Chinese War 1842
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