HMS Hyacinth (1806)

Hyacinth
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hyacinth
Ordered	12 July 1805
Builder	John Preston, Great Yarmouth
Laid down	November 1805
Launched	30 August 1806
Completed	21 November 1806 at Chatham Dockyard
Commissioned	October 1806
Out of service	Broken up December 1820
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with the clasp "Malaga 29 May 1812"[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	18-gun Cormorant-class sloop
Tons burthen	42423⁄94 (bm)
Length	108 ft 9 in (33.1 m) (overall) 91 ft 1.875 in (27.8 m) (keel)
Beam	29 ft 7 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft (2.74 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Sloop
Complement	121
Armament	Upper deck: 16 × 32-pounder carronades; QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Hyacinth was an 18-gun ship-sloop of the Cormorant class in the Royal Navy, launched in 1806 at Great Yarmouth. In 1810 she was reclassed as a 20-gun Post-ship (but without being re-armed). She was again re-rated as 24 guns in 1817. Hyacinth took part in some notable actions on the coast of Spain, one of which earned qualified in 1817 for the Naval General Service Medal. She was broken up in 1820.