HMS Paladin

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Paladin:^[1]

HMS Paladin (1914) was a tender-tug hired as a rescue tug between 1914 and 1919; she was renamed Paladin II in 1916 when the destroyer was commissioned^[2]
HMS Paladin (1916) was an Admiralty M-class destroyer in commission 1916 - 1921
HMS Paladin (G69) was a P-class destroyer and later a Type 16 frigate, in commission 1941 - 1962

^ Manning, Thomas Davys; Walker, Charles Frederick (1959). British Warship Names. London: Putnam. p. 331. OCLC 780274698.
^ Colledge, J J (1970). Ships of the Royal Navy, an Historical Index. Vol.2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 270.