HMS Cyane (1806)
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 United Kingdom
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| 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
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| Name: | USS Cyane |
| Acquired: | By capture, 20 February 1815 |
| Commissioned: | 1815 |
| Decommissioned: | 1827 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1836 |
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| Class and type: | 22-gun Banterer-class sixth-rate post ship |
| Tons burthen: | 539 39⁄94 (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 the 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.
Cyane was originally named Columbine, but was renamed on 6 December 1805. She initially mounted 22 long 9-pounders on her main deck and also eight 24-pounder carronades and two long 6-pounders on her quarter-deck and forecastle. Captain Thomas Staines commissioned her in March 1807. At his request the Navy Board exchanged her 9-pounders for 32-pounder carronades. The Board also increased her complement by twenty to 175 officers, men and boys. Staines also added two brass howitzers to her armament.
In 1807, Cyane took part in the operations off Copenhagen in September 1807. After the Danish navy surrendered, Cyane participated in the blockade of Zealand. Then on 30 November she, Vanguard and several other British warships escorted a convoy of merchant vessels from Helsingborg back to Britain. On 8 December, Cyane was in company with Vanguard , Tigress and the hired armed cutter Resolution when they captured the Danish ketch Jeltzomine den Roske.
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