HMS Zenobia was a schooner of the Adonis class of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War.

[1] On 29 October 1806, she sighted the American coast and a pilot came aboard.

Despite the assistance from the shore and several Royal Navy vessels, Hamilton could not refloat her.

[2] Hamilton and his remaining crew abandoned the wreck on 6 December 1806.

[1] Zenobia's deserters helped provoke what became known as the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair.