HMS Cerberus (1794)

	Ceberus
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Cerberus
Builder	Adams, Bucklers Hard
Launched	September 1794
Honours and; awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasps:; "25 July Boat Service 1809"; "Lissa";
Fate	Sold on 29 September 1814
General characteristics as built
Class and type	32-gun fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	8061⁄94 (bm)
Length	Gundeck: 135 ft (41.1 m); Keel: 112 ft 2+3⁄8 in (34.2 m);
Beam	36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft (3.7 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	241 men; 254 after 1796
Armament	Upper deck: 26 x 18-pounder guns; QD: 4 x 6-pounder guns + 4 x 24-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 x 6-pounder guns + 2 x 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.

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