HMS Cydnus (1813)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cydnus
Ordered16 November 1812
BuilderWigram, Wells & Green, London
Laid downDecember 1812
Launched17 April 1813
CompletedBy 30 June 1813
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "14 Dec Boat Service 1814"[1]
FateBroken up in February 1816
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeCydnus-class fifth-rate
Tons burthen1,07882⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 150 ft 1+1⁄2 in (45.8 m) (overall)
  • 125 ft 2+3⁄8 in (38.2 m) (keel)
Beam40 ft 3 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold12 ft (3.7 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement315
Armament
  • Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades.

HMS Cydnus was one of eight Royal Navy 38-gun Cydnus-class fifth-rates. This frigate was built in 1813 at Blackwall Yard, London, and broken up in 1816.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 242.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 186.