HMS Cyclops (1779)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cyclops.

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.

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"[1]
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	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

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

1. 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]