Æolus, also spelt Aeolus (or frequently Eolus), was a snow sailing ship built in 1783 at Åbenrå in Denmark as a West Indiaman.

HMS Royalist, Phosphorus, and Bloodhound shared in the prize money for the Danish ship Æolus, which they took on 19 August 1807, early in the Gunboat War between Britain and Denmark.

[2] Under the command of Robert Addie, she sailed from England in 1808 and arrived at Port Jackson on 26 January 1809.

[10] She was carrying a full load of whale oil from the whaler DuBuc, which had been condemned by survey at Hobart.

[11] The Register of Shipping for 1814 showed her with Sunday, master, Boyd & Co., owner, and trade London–Bermuda.