HMS Anacreon

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


 * HMS Anacreon (1799) was the French privateer Anacreon, which HMS Champion (1779) captured in 1799. She was sold in 1802.
 * HMS Anacreon (1804) was a brig-sloop of 16 guns purchased in 1804 and sold in 1805.
 * HMS Anacreon (1813) was a Cormorant-class ship-sloop launched in 1813 and lost, presumed foundered with all hands, in February 1814 while en route from Lisbon. Her commander was Captain George Pratt.
 * HMS Anacreon (1815) was a schooner launched in 1815 and transferred to Customs the following year.