HMS Ulysses was a 48-gun Roebuck-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars.

Commissioned in 1779, her principal active service was in the Caribbean, interspersed with periods as a troopship and storeship.

[1] On 2 June 1781, Ulysses encountered the 32-gun Fée, under Captain de Boubée.

[2] On 5 June, Ulysses chased the 32-gun Surveillante, under Jean-Marie de Villeneuve Cillart, off Saint-Domingue.

Around 2130, Ulysses caught up with Surveillante, and a 2-hour and a half-battle ensued, after which the frigates broke contact.