Hannibal was an armed ship of 16 guns that the British Royal Navy hired in 1804.
[1] On 25 September she was reported to be escorting troop transports from Plymouth to the Downs.
[2] She was under the command of Commander Richard James Lawrence O'Connor on 16 November when she drifted from her anchors in the Downs; she was wrecked near Sandown Castle, Isle of Wight.
[3][4] Her crew was saved.
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