HMS Cyclops (1779)

	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"
Fate	Sold for breaking up 1 September 1814
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	60280⁄94 (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 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 × 18-pounder carronades; Also:12 × swivel guns;

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.

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

^ 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

^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
^ Demerliac (1996), p. 81, #526.
^ "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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[4] 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]

[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.

[1]

Enterprise-class frigates
Batch 1	Siren Fox Surprise Enterprise Actaeon
Batch 2	Proserpine Medea Andromeda Aurora Sibyl Brilliant Pomona Crescent Nemesis Resource Mercury Pegasus Cyclops Vestal Laurel
Batch 3	Thisbe Circe Rose Hussar Alligator Dido Lapwing
Preceded by: Mermaid class Followed by: None
List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy