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USS Cyane
USS ''Cyane'' may refer to: * USS ''Cyane'' (1815), was captured from the Royal Navy in 1815 and taken into the US Navy, where she served until 1836. *, was a 22-gun sloop-of-war, launched in 1837 and decommissioned in 1871 *, was formerly ''Gwin'', renamed ''Cyane'' on 11 April 1918 {{DEFAULTSORT:Cyane, Uss United States Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Cyane (1815)
''Cyane'' was a Royal Navy sailing sixth-rate ship of 22 guns, built in 1806 at Topsham, near Exeter, England. She was ordered in January 1805 as HMS ''Columbine'' and was renamed ''Cyane'' on 6 December of that year. Under Captain Thomas Staines she captured the Spanish privateer ''Medusa'' in 1808 which was the last ship captured by the British before Spain turned against Napoleon. In May 1809 she was badly damaged during a battle with French gunboats and the French frigate ''Ceres''. She was captured with on 20 February 1815 by after a 40-minute night engagement off Madeira. With ''Constitution''s second lieutenant Hoffman as prize master, she successfully escaped recapture by a pursuing British squadron on 12 March and arrived in America on 10 April. She was adjudicated by a prize court and purchased by the Navy and renamed USS ''Cyane''. ''Cyane'' cruised off the west coast of Africa from 1819–1820 and in the West Indies from 1820–1821 protecting the Liberian c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
