HMS Pactolus

Two Royal Navy ships have carried the name HMS Pactolus, after the river in which, according to legend, King Midas washed his hands to divest himself of the golden touch.

The first Pactolus was a frigate built in 1813 and was decommissioned in 1817.
The second Pactolus was a Pelorus class cruiser built in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1921.

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