HMS Circe (1785)

Lower deck plan of Circe
History
Royal Navy Ensign (1707-1801)Great Britain
NameHMS Circe
Ordered6 March 1782
BuilderHenry Ladd, Dover
Laid downDecember 1782
Launched30 September 1785
Completed2 November 1790
CommissionedSeptember 1790
Honors and
awards
Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasp "Camperdown"[1]
FateWrecked 17 November 1803
General characteristics
Class and typeEnterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen599 5594 (bm)
Length
  • 120 ft 6+38 in (36.738 m) (gundeck)
  • 99 ft 5 in (30.30 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 7+34 in (10.255 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament
  • Gun deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Circe was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1785 but not completed or commissioned until 1790. She then served in the English Channel on the blockade of French ports before she was wrecked in 1803.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 238.