HMS Cyane from stern
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Cyane |
Ordered | 30 January 1805 |
Builder | John Bass, Topsham, Exeter |
Laid down | August 1805 |
Launched | 14 October 1806 |
Completed | 13 July 1807 |
Commissioned | March 1807 |
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Captured | 20 February 1815 |
United States | |
Name | USS Cyane |
Acquired | By capture, 20 February 1815 |
Commissioned | 1815 |
Decommissioned | 1827 |
Fate | Broken up, 1836 |
General characteristics [4] | |
Class and type | 22-gun Banterer-class sixth-rate post ship[5][6] |
Tons burthen | 53939⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 32 ft 0+1⁄2 in (9.8 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement |
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Armament |
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HMS Cyane was a Royal Navy Banterer-class sixth-rate post ship of nominally 22 guns, built in 1806 at Topsham, near Exeter, England. She was ordered in January 1805 as HMS Columbine but renamed Cyane on 6 December of that year. Cyane had a distinguished career in British service that included the award in 1847 of a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal to any still surviving crew members of either of two actions. On 20 February 1815, she and HMS Levant engaged USS Constitution; outgunned, both had to surrender. She then served as USS Cyane, including a stint on anti-slavery duties, until she was broken up in 1836.
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