HMS Cerberus (1794)

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

Ceberus
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Cerberus
BuilderAdams, Bucklers Hard
LaunchedSeptember 1794
Honours and
awards
FateSold on 29 September 1814
General characteristics as built
Class and type32-gun fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen8061⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Gundeck: 135 ft (41.1 m)
  • Keel: 112 ft 2+3⁄8 in (34.2 m)
Beam36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold12 ft (3.7 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement241 men; 254 after 1796
Armament
  • Upper deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades

HMS Cerberus was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She served in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars in the Channel, the Mediterranean, the Adriatic, and even briefly in the Baltic against the Russians. She participated in one boat action that won for her crew a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal (NGSM). She also captured many privateers and merchant vessels. Her biggest battle was the Battle of Lissa, which won for her crew another clasp to the NGSM. She was sold in 1814.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 246.
  2. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 243.