Banterer-class post ship

A model of HMS Cyane showing her after her capture by USS Constitution
Class overview
Name	Banterer-class post ships
Operators	Royal Navy
Completed	6
General characteristics
Type	Sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	537 2/94 (as designed)
Length	118 ft (36 m) (gundeck) 98 ft 7.125 in (30.05138 m) (keel)
Beam	32 ft (9.8 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	155 (later raised to 175).
Armament	As ordered : Upperdeck: 22 × 9-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 6 × 24-pounder carronades Focsle: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades Later: Upperdeck: 22 × 32-pounder carronades Quarterdeck: 6 × 24-pounder carronades Focsle: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades

The Banterer-class sailing sixth rates were a series of six 22-gun post ships built to an 1805 design by Sir William Rule, which served in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War. The first four were launched in 1806 and the remaining two in 1807. One ship – the Banterer – was lost in 1808 and another – the Cyane – captured by the United States Navy in 1815; the remaining four were all deleted during 1816.