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
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Cyclops
Ordered:	6 March 1778
Builder:	James Menetone & Son, Limehouse
Laid down:	3 April 1778
Launched:	31 July 1779
Completed:	26 September 1779 (at Deptford Dockyard)
Commissioned:	July 1779
Honours and awards:	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1]
Fate:	Sold for breaking up 1 September 1814
General characteristics
Class and type:	28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	602​^80⁄94 (bm)
Length:	120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (overall) 99 ft 6 in (30.33 m) (keel)
Beam:	33 ft 9 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold:	11 ft (3.4 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	200 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, citations, and references

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.