HMS Pantaloon

Last updated November 26, 2021

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pantaloon:

HMS Pantaloon (1831) was a unique 10-gun brig built at Troon as the Duke of Portland's yacht in 1831, and purchased later that year, keeping her civilian name; following dhow chasing to suppress the East African slave trade, broken up in 1852.^[1]^[2]
HMS Pantaloon (1860) was an 11-gun Racer-class wooden screw sloop launched in 1860 at Devonport Dockyard and sold in 1867.^[3]

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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.

↑ "Pantaloon". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
↑ Sulivan, G.L. (1873). Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters and on the Eastern Coast of Africa: Narrative of Five Years' Experiences in the Suppression of the Slave Trade. S. Low, Marston, Low & Searle. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
↑ Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The sail & steam Navy list : all the ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham. p. 216. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.

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[1] "Pantaloon". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

[Sulivan_1873_p._5-2] Sulivan, G.L. (1873). Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters and on the Eastern Coast of Africa: Narrative of Five Years' Experiences in the Suppression of the Slave Trade. S. Low, Marston, Low & Searle. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

[3] Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The sail & steam Navy list : all the ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham. p. 216. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.

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