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} |} HMS ''Cyane'' was a Royal Navy ''Banterer''-class sixth-rate post ship of nominally 22 guns, built in 1806 at Topsham, near Exeter, England. She was ordered in January 1805 as HMS ''Columbine'' but renamed ''Cyane'' on 6 December of that year. ''Cyane'' had a distinguished career in British service that included the award in 1847 of a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal to any still surviving crew members of either of two actions. On 20 February 1815, she and HMS ''Levant'' engaged the USS ''Constitution''; outgunned, both had to surrender. She then served as USS ''Cyane'', including a stint on anti-slavery duties, until she was broken up in 1836. ==Commissioning and early service== ''Cyane'' was originally named ''Columbine'', but was renamed on 6 December 1805.〔 She initially mounted 22 long 9-pounders on her main deck and also eight 24-pounder carronades and two long 6-pounders on her quarter-deck and forecastle. Captain Thomas Staines commissioned her in March 1807. At his request the Navy Board exchanged her 9-pounders for 32-pounder carronades. The Board also increased her complement by twenty to 175 officers, men and boys. Staines also added two brass howitzers to her armament.〔Marshall (1827) Supplement, Part 1, pp.86-93.〕 In 1807, Cyane took part in the operations off Copenhagen in September 1807. After the Danish navy surrendered, ''Cyane'' participated in the blockade of Zealand.〔''The Gentleman's Magazine'' September 1830, p.279.〕 Then on 30 November she, and several other British warships escorted a convoy of merchant vessels from Helsingborg back to Britain.〔 On 8 December, ''Cyane'' was in company with , and the hired armed cutter ''Resolution'' when they captured the Danish ketch ''Jeltzomine den Roske''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Cyane (1806)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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