HMS Circe (1804)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Circe |
| Ordered | 16 March 1804 |
| Builder | Plymouth Dockyard |
| Laid down | June 1804 |
| Launched | 17 November 1804 |
| Commissioned | November 1804 |
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| Fate | Sold on 20 August 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 32-gun fifth-rate Thames-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 67025⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 34 ft 4 in (10.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 9 in (3.6 m) |
| Complement | 220 |
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HMS Circe was a Royal Navy 32-gun fifth-rate frigate, built by Master Shipwright Joseph Tucker at Plymouth Dockyard, and launched in 1804. She served in the Caribbean during the Napoleonic Wars, and participated in an action and a campaign for which in 1847 in the Admiralty authorised the issuance of the Naval General Service Medal with clasps. The action, off the Pearl Rock, near Saint-Pierre, Martinique, was a debacle that cost Circe dearly. However, she also had some success in capturing privateers and a French brig. She was sold in 1814.