HMS Atalanta was a 14 gun ship sloop of the Swan class, launched on 12 August 1775.On 28 May 1781, Atlanta was engaged by the privateer Alliance, in which 24 crew were killed or wounded.Privateers from Cumberland (including Samuel Rogers) were on board.The privateers escaped to the woods leaving their provisions, which Captain Brett took to Cumberland.[2] She also served in the French Revolutionary War, and was then renamed HMS Helena in March 1797 before being sold for disposal in 1802.
