HMS Circe (1785)

Lower deck plan of Circe
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Circe
Ordered	6 March 1782
Builder	Henry Ladd, Dover
Laid down	December 1782
Launched	30 September 1785
Completed	2 November 1790
Commissioned	September 1790
Honors and awards	Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasp "Camperdown"[1]
Fate	Wrecked 17 November 1803
General characteristics
Class and type	Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	599 55⁄94 (bm)
Length	120 ft 6+3⁄8 in (36.738 m) (gundeck) 99 ft 5 in (30.30 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 7+3⁄4 in (10.255 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	200 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.