HMS Atalanta

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Atalanta or HMS Atalante after the athlete in ancient Greek mythology.

HMS Atalanta (1775) was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1775, renamed HMS Helena in 1801 and sold in 1802.
HMS Atalante (1797) was a 16-gun brig-sloop captured from the French in 1797 and wrecked in 1807.
HMS Atalante (1808) was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1808 and wrecked in 1813.
HMS Atalanta (1814) was a 12-gun schooner, originally called Siro, captured from the United States during the War of 1812 but recovered by them later that year.
HMS Atalanta (1816) was a tender launched in 1816 and transferred to the Customs service the following year.
HMS Atalanta (1836) was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1836 and broken up around 1850.
HMS Atalanta (1847) was a 16-gun brig launched in 1847 and broken up in 1868.
HMS Atalanta was a 26-gun frigate launched in 1844 as HMS Juno. She was renamed HMS Mariner in January 1878 and then HMS Atalanta two weeks later. As a training ship, she disappeared 1880 and was presumed to have foundered in a storm.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

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