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Ship

Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...

s of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 have been named HMS Atalanta or HMS Atalante after the athlete

Atalanta

Atalanta is a character in Greek mythology.-Legend:Atalanta was the daughter of Iasus , a Boeotian or an Arcadian princess . She is often described as a goddess. Apollodorus is the only one who gives an account of Atalanta’s birth and upbringing...

 in ancient Greek mythology

Greek mythology

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was a 14-gun sloop

Sloop-of-war

In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...

 launched in 1775, renamed HMS Helena in 1801 and sold in 1802. was a 16-gun brig-sloop captured from the French in 1797 and wrecked in 1807. was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1808 and wrecked in 1813. was a 12-gun schooner

Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....

, originally called Siro, captured from the United States

United States

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 during the War of 1812

War of 1812

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 but recovered by them later that year. was a tender

Ship's tender

A ship's tender, usually referred to as a tender, is a boat, or a larger ship used to service a ship, generally by transporting people and/or supplies to and from shore or another ship...

 launched in 1816 and transferred to the Customs

Customs

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 service the following year. was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1836 and broken up around 1850. was a 16-gun brig launched in 1847 and broken up in 1868.

• HMS Atalanta was a 26-gun frigate launched in 1844 as . 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.