HMS Cyclops (1839)
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HMS Cyclops was a paddle wheel steam frigate built for the Royal Navy and launched in 1839 and taken out of service in 1861 and sold for breaking in January 1864. She saw action in the Syrian War in 1
HMS Cyclops off Spithead in 1840 – etching from a painting by William Adolphus Knell
The steam-ships Pottinger and Cyclops stranded in Thorness Bay, Cowes, on the Isle of Wight on 1 November 1846
Etching of HMS 'Cyclops in 1851
Cyclops at Sebastopol, during the first day's attack by the allied fleet and armies of France and England on 17 October 1854
HMS Gorgon (1837)
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HMS Gorgon was a wooden steam paddle sloop of 6 guns, launched in 1837. In 1840 she took part in the bombardment of Acre, and in 1843 was part of the Royal Navy squadron stationed in the River Plate d
HMS Cyclops (1839)
…J. & S. Seaward and Capel two-cylinder 'Gorgon' engines giving a top speed of 9.5 knots. The Cyclops was originally intended as a sister ship for the Gorgon but in July 1838 her design was altered by adding a 12 foot long midships section and she became a steam frigate, changing to a corvette in the 1850s…
HMS Gorgon by Sir Oswald Walters Brierly.
The Niagara, Valorous, Gorgon (misspelt Gordon) and Agamemnon laying the Transatlantic telegraph cable at mid-ocean in 1858