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 & awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt" |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up 1 September 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 60280⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| 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 |
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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.
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.