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HMS Hippomenes (1803)
HMS ''Hippomenes'' was a former Dutch corvette built in Vlissingen in 1797 for the Batavian Republic. The British took her in 1803 and she served with the Royal Navy until sold in 1813. With the Royal Navy she participated in two notable single-ship actions in the West Indies.
==Dutch service==
''Hippomenes'' was a sister ship to ''Atalanta'', but brig-rigged and built in 1796. captured ''Atalanta'' in 1804 but the British did not take her into service.〔 The two sister ships were named for Atalanta and Hippomenes, two lovers from Greek mythology.
Early in 1802, ''Hippomenes'', under the command of Captain-Lieutenant Melvill, was assigned to the West Indies and Guinea coast division of the Batavian Republic's navy. After the end of the French Revolutionary Wars, the British returned the Dutch colonies they had captured in the West Indies to the Republic. In August 1802, Captain Cornelius Hubertus Buchman, of ''Kenau Hasselar'', took a small squadron that also included the frigate ''Proserpina'', ''Hippomenes'', the cutter ''Rose'', and the schooner ''Serpent'', to take possession of Curaçao.〔Hartog (1968), p.197-8.〕 ''Kenau Hasellar'' and ''Rose'' arrived at Willemstad on 22 December. The other vessels in the squadron sailed to other destinations.
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