Wreck of HMS Atalanta
Shipwreck site
- Position
- About 39.6° N, 74.3° W (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised to protect military remains
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
The wreck of a military vessel.
This wreck may be the last resting place of those who died aboard. Please treat it with respect.
How this was decided: Seadar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 85%. When in doubt, Seadar generalises the position.
HMS Atalanta was a 14-gun Swan class ship-sloop of the Royal Navy launched on 12 August 1775. She served during the American Revolutionary War. On 28 May 1781, Atalanta was captured by the privateer Alliance, in which 24 of her crew were killed or wounded. She was recaptured three days later. 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. She also served in the French Revolutionary War, and was then renamed HMS Helena in March 1797 before being sold for disposal in 1802.
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