HMS Atalanta (1775)

HMS Atalanta was a 14 gun ship sloop of the Swan class, launched on 12 August 1775. She served during the American Revolutionary War. On 28 May 1781, Atlanta was engaged by the privateer Alliance, in which 24 crew were killed or wounded.[1] In May 1782, under the command of Brett, she destroyed an American privateer (6 guns, 25 men), under then command of Ayret, near Cape d'Or. Privateers from Cumberland (including Samuel Rogers) were on board. The privateers escaped to the woods leaving their provisions, which Captain Brett took to Cumberland.[2]

Drawing of the Atalanta, 1775
History
Class and type: Swan class ship sloop
Name: HMS Atalanta
Ordered: 1 December 1773
Builder: Sheerness Dockyard
Laid down: 9 April 1774
Launched: 12 August 1775
Commissioned: August 1775
Renamed: HMS Helena in March 1797
Fate: Sold August 1802
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 300 ​4⁄94 bm
Length:
  • 96 ft 7 in (29.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 78 ft 10 in (24.0 m) (keel)
Beam: 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Depth of hold: 12 ft 10 in (3.9 m)
Complement: 125
Armament:
  • 14 × 6-pounder guns;
  • 2 more added ca. 1780
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Atalanta.
Scale model

She also served in the French Revolutionary War, and was then renamed HMS Helena in March 1797 before being sold for disposal in 1802.[3]

References
  1. p. 10
  2. Beamish Murdoch. History of Nova Scotia. Vol. 3, p. 2
  3. A naval history of the American Revolution
  • 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 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Winfield, Rif, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.

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