HMS Pellew explained

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pellew, after Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, or his brother, Admiral Sir Israel Pellew. A fourth was planned but renamed before being launched:

• was an launched in 1916. She was sold in 1921 and broken up in 1923.
• HMS Pellew was to have been a destroyer, ordered in 1942. The order was cancelled and transferred to another shipyard, and she was launched in 1944 as the destroyer .
• was a launched in 1954 and sold in 1971.
• was a stone frigate of the Royal Naval Reserve in Exeter.^[1] She was decommissioned in 1994.

Notes and References

1. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198889/cmhansrd/1989-06-22/Writtens-9.html House of Commons Hansard Debates for 22 June 1989