HMS Atalante (1797)

HMS Atalante was a 16-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was formerly the French Atalante, captured in 1797. She served with the British during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and was wrecked in 1807.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Atalante.

Drawing of Atalante showing the inboard profile with stern quarter decoration, and stern board outline with decoration detail, 1798
History
France
NameAtalante
BuilderBayonne
Laid down1793
LaunchedJanuary 1794
CompletedBy April 1794
Captured10 January 1797, by the Royal Navy
Great Britain
NameHMS Atalante
Acquired10 January 1797
CommissionedJuly 1798
FateWrecked on 12 February 1807
General characteristics
Class and type16-gun brig-sloop
Displacement450 tons (French)
Tons burthen309 80⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 99 ft (30.2 m) (overall)
  • 78 ft 8 in (24.0 m) (keel)
Beam27 ft 8 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 2+1⁄4 in (3.7 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement
  • French service=*120
  • When captured: 112
  • British service: 90
Armament
  • As fitted:16 × 6-pounder guns
  • British service: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers
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