HMS Paladin explained

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

• 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]
• was an in commission 1916 - 1921
• was a P-class destroyer and later a Type 16 frigate, in commission 1941 - 1962

Notes and References

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