HMS Anacreon

Four vessels of Britain's Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Anacreon, named after the Greek poet Anacreon.

• HMS Anacreon was the French privateer Anacreon, which HMS Champion captured in 1799.^[1] She was sold in 1802.^[2]
• HMS Anacreon was a brig-sloop of 16 guns purchased in 1804 and sold in 1805.^[3]
• HMS Anacreon was a Cormorant-class ship-sloop launched in 1813 and lost, presumed foundered with all hands, in February 1814 while en route from Lisbon.^[4] Her commander was Captain George Pratt.
• HMS Anacreon was a schooner launched in 1815 and transferred to Customs the following year.

References

Citations

1. The London Gazette: no. 15153. p. 656. 29 June 1799.
2. Winfield (2008), p.337.
3. Winfield (2008), p.272.
4. Winfield (2008), p.360.

Bibliography

• 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. OCLC 67375475.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.