Sarah Ann (ship)

Several ships have borne the name Sarah Ann:

• Sarah Ann (1799 ship) was launched at Philadelphia in 1795. She was under British registry in 1799. In early 1800 a French privateer captured her and another, British, privateer recaptured her. She was sold c. February 1800.
• Sarah Ann was a West Indiaman launched at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1800 that the Admiralty purchased in October 1803. As HMS Meteor she conducted bombardments at Havre de Grâce, the Dardanelles, and Rosas Bay, on the Spanish coast. She was sold in 1811. she then returned to mercantile service under her original name. Sarah Ann continued to trade, primarily across the North Atlantic. She was last listed in 1863 with stale data.
• Sarah Ann (1811 ship) was a 1-gun schooner built in Maryland and commissioned as a letter of marque at Baltimore in July 1812. HMS Rhodian captured her in September. Before her own capture, Sarah Ann captured the 10-gun brig Elizabeth in a notable single-ship action.
• Sarah Ann was a schooner built in 1831 by Dorgin and Baily at Fell's Point Baltimore. The US Navy purchased her in April and renamed her USS Sylph. She foundered without a trace, probably during a storm in August.