HMS Cyane (1806)
HMS Cyane from stern | |
| 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 | |
| Class & type | 22-gun Banterer-class sixth-rate post ship |
| Tons burthen | 53939⁄94 (bm) |
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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 |
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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.