HMS Atalanta

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Atalanta or HMS Atalante after the athlete in ancient Greek mythology.

• Template:HMS was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1775, renamed HMS Helena in 1801 and sold in 1802.
• Template:HMS was a 16-gun brig-sloop captured from the French in 1797 and wrecked in 1807.
• Template:HMS (or Atalanta) was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1808 and wrecked in 1813.
• Template:HMS was originally the letter of marque schooner Siro, which Template:HMS captured in January 1814 and which the Royal Navy registered but sold apparently before she served in the Royal Navy, and which Template:USS captured in September 1814.
• Template:HMS was a tender launched in 1816 and transferred to the Customs service the following year.
• Template:HMS was a 16-gun brig launched in 1847 and broken up in 1868.
• HMS Atalanta was a 26-gun frigate launched in 1844 as Template:HMS. She was renamed HMS Mariner in January 1878 and then HMS Atalanta two weeks later. She disappeared in 1880 while serving as a training ship and was presumed to have foundered in a storm.
• Template:HMS armed yacht, pennant 020. Originally Lorena, in naval service from 5 June 1915 to 21 February 1919.