HMS Cyclops (1779)

HMS Cyclops was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The Cyclops was first commissioned in July 1779 under the command of Captain John Robinson.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cyclops.

Cyclops
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Cyclops
Ordered6 March 1778
BuilderJames Menetone & Son, Limehouse
Laid down3 April 1778
Launched31 July 1779
Completed26 September 1779 (at Deptford Dockyard)
CommissionedJuly 1779
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1]
FateSold for breaking up 1 September 1814
General characteristics
Class and type28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen60280⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (overall)
  • 99 ft 6 in (30.33 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 9 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold11 ft (3.4 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 x 6-pounder guns + 4 x 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 x 18-pounder carronades
  • Also:12 x swivel guns

In January 1783 she captured the French 14-gun brig Railleur on the North American station.[2]

Because Cyclops served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty authorised in 1850 to all surviving claimants.[Note 1]

Notes
  1. A first-class share of the prize money awarded in April 1823 was worth £34 2s 4d; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 3s 11½d. The amount was small as the total had to be shared between 79 vessels and the entire army contingent.[3]

Citations
  1. "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
  2. Demerliac (1996), p. 81, #526.
  3. "No. 17915". The London Gazette. 3 April 1823. p. 633.

References
  • Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). ISBN 2-906381-23-3
  • Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
  • David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
  • Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth). ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.


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