title: HMS Pactolus
text: # 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 HMS Pactolus (1813) was a frigate built in 1813 that was decommissioned in 1817.
  * The second HMS Pactolus (1896) was a Pelorus-class cruiser built in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1921.
  