about US naval vessels USS Cyane British naval vessels HMS Cyane File Virgil Solis Ovid Met 5 431ff Cyane dissolving.jpg thumb 300px Cyane dissolves in tears, an engraving 1581 by Virgil Solis to illustrate Ovid s tale For the butterfly genus, see Asterope . In Greek mythology , Cyane or Kyane in Greek language Greek was a nymph who tried to prevent Hades from abducting Persephone , her playmate. Upon failure, she dissolved away in tears and melted into her pool. ref Ovid , Metamorphoses 5. 407 464 ref In a slightly different version, Cyane was the Naiad i.e. the fresh water nymph of a spring in the Sicily Sicilian town of Syracuse, Italy Syracuse . After witnessing Hades s abduction of the goddess Persephone and trying to prevent it, she was turned to liquid by Hades. ref Diodorus Siculus , Library of History 5. 2. 3 ref Cyane had as a partner the river god Anapos or Anapis . ref Claudius Aelianus Aelian , Historical Miscellany 2. 33 ref ref Nonnus , Dionysiaca 6. 129 ff ref She cited their love as an example of consensual relationship while trying to convince Hades not to take ... Xena Warrior Princess , Cyane is a recurring name of prominent Amazons Amazon warriors, each considered ... , played respectively by Vicky Pratt as Cyane III , Selma Blair as Cyane I , Shelley Edwards as Cyane IV and Morgan Reese Fairhead as Cyane V . Cyane II appears in Young Hercules series, played by Katrina Browne . There are probably some other Cyanes between Cyane I and Cyane II , but they are not shown in the series. All shown Cyanes are powerful and charismatic, but Cyane IV is somewhat aphoristic, and Cyane V overly polite and shy. The first Cyane came from the future she taught Amazons to tame horses and in a strange time loop gave them the name Amazons . A powerful person, Cyane ... and even offered to let her join the tribe. Xena betrayed Cyane when Alti offered her a better deal . Alti wanted Cyane s blood, and after she drank it she kept Cyane s soul and the souls of all the Amazons ... more details
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Cyane , after the Greek nymph . The HMS Cyane 1806 USS Cyane 1815 , was originally HMS Cyane captured in 1815 and taken into the US Navy, where she served until 1836. The USS Cyane 1837 , was a 22 gun sloop of war, launched in 1837 and decommissioned in 1871. The USS Cyane YFB 4 , was formerly the Gwin , renamed Cyane on 11 April 1918. Source DANFS http www.history.navy.mil danfs c16 list.htm Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Cyane Category United States Navy ship names sl USS Cyane ... more details
Several ships of the Royal Navy have born the name, HMS Cyane . HMS Cyane 1796 HMS Cyane was an 18 gun sloop built in 1796 that the French captured in May 1805 and that the British recaptured in October, when she was renamed HMS Cerf she was sold in 1809. HMS Cyane 1806 HMS Cyane was a Banterer Class post ship Banterer Class Sixth rate Sixth Rate Post ship built in 1806 and captured by the USS Constitution in 1815 she served in the US Navy thereafter as the USS Cyane 1815 USS Cyane , and was broken up in 1836. DEFAULTSORT Cyane, HMS Category Royal Navy ship names shipindex ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox planet width 25em background FFFFC0 name 403 Cyane discoverer Auguste Charlois discovered May 18, 1895 alt names 1895 BX named after Cyane mp category Asteroid belt Main belt epoch 30 January 2005 Julian day JD 2453400.5 semimajor 420.468 Giga G m 2.811 Astronomical unit AU perihelion 379.696 Gm 2.538 AU aphelion 461.241 Gm 3.083 AU eccentricity 0.097 period 1721.083 day d 4.71 Julian year astronomy a inclination 9.154 degree angle asc node 244.854 arg peri 251.819 mean anomaly 195.439 avg speed 17.77 km second s dimensions 49.0 km mass unknown density unknown surface grav unknown escape velocity unknown rotation unknown spectral type unknown abs magnitude 9.1 albedo unknown single temperature unknown 403 Cyane is a typical Asteroid belt Main belt asteroid . It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 18, 1895 in Nice . Minor planets navigator 402 Chlo 404 Arsino Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Cyane Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named from Greek mythology Category Discoveries by Auguste Charlois Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1895 Beltasteroid stub de 403 Cyane el 403 es 403 Cyane eo 403 Ciano eu 403 Cyane fa fr 403 Cyan it 403 Cyane la 403 Cyane hu 403 Cyane ja no 403 Cyane nn 403 Cyane pl 403 Cyane pt 403 Cyane sk 403 Cyane sl 403 Cijana sr 403 Cyane tl 403 Cyane uk 403 vi 403 Cyane yo 403 Cyane zh 403 ... more details
MarsGeo name Cyane Fossae image Image Cyane Fossae.JPG 200px caption Cyane Fossae, as seen by HiRISE . More information can be found under Fossa geology . location latitude 32.57 N or S N longitude 120.17 E or W W type dimensions discoverer naming Cyane Fossae is a trough in the Diacria quadrangle of Mars. Its location is centered at 32.57 north latitude and 120.17 west longitude. It is convert 938 km mi long and was named after a classical albedo feature name. ref http planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov ref References reflist Category Valleys and canyons on Mars Category Diacria quadrangle Mars stub pt Cyane Fossae ... more details
otherships USS Cyane Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image HMS Cyane stern.jpg 300px Ship caption Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country United Kingdom Ship flag Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 100x35px Royal Navy Ensign Ship name HMS Cyane Ship namesake Ship ordered 30 January 1805 Ship builder Ship laid down August 1805 Ship launched 14 October 1806 Ship acquired Ship commissioned March 1807 Ship decommissioned Ship in service Ship out of service Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship homeport Ship motto Ship nickname Ship honours Ship fate Captured by USS Constitution , 20 February 1815 Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country United States Ship flag USN flag 1835 Ship name USS Cyane Ship acquired by capture, 20 February 1815 Ship commissioned 1815 Ship decommissioned 1827 Ship in service Ship out of service Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship homeport Ship motto Ship nickname Ship honours Ship fate Broken up, 1836 Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Sclass Banterer corvette ... br 20 32 pounder 15 kg carronade s br 8 18 pounder 8 kg carronades Ship notes Cyane was a Royal Navy ... , near Exeter , England . She was ordered in January 1805 as HMS Columbine and was renamed HMS Cyane 1806 Cyane on 6 December of that year. Under Captain Thomas Staines she captured the Spanish privateer ... HMS Cyane and HMS Levant after a 40 minute night engagement off Madeira . With Constitution ... court and purchased by the Navy and renamed USS Cyane . Cyane cruised off the west coast of Africa ... up by Old Ironsides concerning the discovery of three pages of HMS Cyane s logbook from 13&ndash ... http www.history.navy.mil danfs c16 cyane i.htm See also Capture of Cyane External links http www.ageofnelson.org MichaelPhillips info.php?ref 0674 HMS Cyane at Ships of the Old Navy DEFAULTSORT Cyane 1806 Category Sailing frigates of the United States Navy Category 1810s ships de HMS Cyane ... more details
No footnotes date October 2011 otherships USS Cyane Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image Image USS Cyane.jpg 300px USS Cyane Ship caption USS Cyane Taking Possession of San Diego Old Town July 1846 , by Carlton T. Chapman detail Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country Ship flag USN flag 1887 Ship name USS Cyane Ship namesake Ship ordered Ship builder Boston Navy Yard Ship laid down Ship launched 2 December 1837 Ship acquired Ship commissioned May 1838 Ship decommissioned 20 September 1871 Ship in service Ship out of service Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship homeport Ship motto Ship ... notes The second USS Cyane was a sloop of war in the United States Navy during the Mexican American War . Cyane was launched 2 December 1837 by Boston Navy Yard . She was commissioned in May 1838, Commander ... 1844. Sailing again for the Pacific 10 August 1845, Cyane served on the west coast during the Mexican ... Battalion boarded Cyane , now under the command of Commander Samuel Francis Du Pont , and the ship ... accessdate 2008 03 02 ref A detachment of Marines and sailors from Cyane took possession of the town, raising the American flag. They were followed shortly by the Fremont volunteers and Cyane s detachment ... battery 2 September. Entering the Gulf of California , Cyane seized La Paz, Baja California Sur La ... 1851 and 24 June 1852 Cyane sailed in the Home Squadron , rejoining it 10 October 1852 to cruise constantly ... right thumb Bombardment of Greytown, 1854 In August 1858 Cyane stood out for the Pacific, joining the Pacific Squadron. In 1863, during the Civil War, the Cyane prevented the sloop J. M. Chapman ... overhauls, the Cyane was constantly employed on the coasts of North and South America until decommissioned ... History magazine October 2007 The role of the USS Cyane in first laying claim to San Diego DANFS http www.history.navy.mil danfs c16 cyane ii.htm refend DEFAULTSORT Cyane Category Sloops of the United ... of California USS Cyane ... more details
otherships HMS Cyane Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image File HMS Cyane stern.jpg 300px HMS Cyane from stern Ship caption Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country United Kingdom of Great ... Royal Navy Ensign Ship name HMS Cyane Ship ordered 30 January 1805 Ship builder John Bass, Topsham ... Medal with clasps Cyane 25 27 June 1809 ref London Gazette issue 20939 startpage 242 date 26 January 1849 ref Cyane 16 Jany. 1814 ref London Gazette issue 20939 startpage 244 date 26 January 1849 ... USN flag 1835 Ship name USS Cyane Ship acquired By capture, 20 February 1815 Ship commissioned 1815 ... 4 12 pounder guns Quarterdeck 8 18 pounder carronades Ship notes HMS Cyane was a Royal Navy ... , 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 ... as the USS Cyane , including a stint on anti slavery duties, until she was broken up in 1836. Commissioning ... Supplement, Part 1, pp.86 93. ref In 1807, Cyane took part in the operations off Copenhagen in September ... surrendered, Cyane participated in the blockade of Zealand . ref name Magazine 1830, p.279 The Gentleman ... name Marshall Suppl 1 On 8 December, Cyane was in company with HMS Vanguard 1787 2 , HMS Tigress 1808 ... 4 April 1809 ref Mediterranean service In February 1808, Cyane sailed for the Mediterranean. There her ... Junta. ref name Marshall Suppl 1 Cyane spent the next ten months patrolling Spain s south coast to harass French shore batteries and shipping. ref name Marshall Suppl 1 Cyane then transferred ... station. On 8 May 1809, Cyane captured a bombard and drove another vessel ashore near Naples . ref ... later, Cyane and HMS Alceste 1806 2 sank two gunboats that were escorting a French convoy at Terracina ... to Cyane . ref name Marshall Suppl 1 On 26 May Cyane arrived at Milazzo in north west Sicily where ... from Milazzo , including Canopus , HMS Spartiate 1798 2 , HMS Warrior 1781 2 , Cyane and HMS Espoir ... more details
Summary Information Description Cyane Fossae, as seen by hirise. Location is 38.1 degrees north latitude and 237.7 degrees east longitude. Image was taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter s HiRISE. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona. Image courtesy NASA JPL University of Arizona. Source http hirise.lpl.arizona.edu PSP 005282 2185 Date May 4, 2009 Author Jim Secosky modified nasa image. Permission other versions Licensing PD USGov NASA Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Svenbot priority true ... more details
Multiple issues cleanup August 2008 refimprove August 2008 File Capture of H.M. Ships Cyane & Levant, by the U.S. Frigate Constitution.jpg 300px right Capture of H.M. Ships Cyane & Levant, by the U.S. Frigate Constitution painting by Thomas Birch Campaignbox War of 1812 Naval The capture of HMS Cyane was a naval action which took place as part of the War of 1812 . The British warships HMS Cyane 1806 HMS Cyane and HMS Levant 1813 HMS Levant fought the USS Constitution on 20 February 1815 in the mid Atlantic. Both Cyane and Levant were captured in an ensuing action Levant was recaptured. The war had actually finished a few days earlier by the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent by both sides, but the combatants were not aware of this. The combatants HMS Cyane 1806 HMS Cyane was a Royal Navy Banterer Class post ship Banterer Class Sixth rate Sixth Rate Post ship in company with the 6th rate flush decked ship HMS Levant of 20 guns. Both ships were involved in a battle with USS Constitution ... by Captain Charles Stewart. In the battle, the Constitution closed with and battered HMS Cyane ... degrees off HMS Cyane s course. Constitution put on sail and took a port tack to take HMS Cyane under ... Cyane 1796 USS Cyane returned to port to find that the War of 1812 was over. The United States of America later took HMS Cyane into service as USS Cyane . Documents These documents are from the U.S. ... of Action between the U.S. Frigate Constitution and H.M. Ships Cyane and Levant, 20 February 1815 ... a lee gun, and yielded. At 20 minutes past 6, took possession of H.M. Ship Cyane, Captain Gordon ..., describing the encounter with H.M. Ships Cyane and Levant, 20 February 1815 Throughout ... had surrendered. Sent a boat on board and took possession of His Majesty s Ship Cyane Capt Gordon Falcon ... to yield to our superior gunnery. The Cyane when she struck had five feet water in the hold and otherwise ... of 1812 coord missing date December 2010 DEFAULTSORT Capture Of Hms Cyane Category Naval battles ... more details
Summary Information Description Cyane YFB 4, ex USS Gwin, Torpedo Boat 16 Source U.S. Naval Historical Center www.history.navy.mil Date Location Author Permission other versions Licensing PD USGov Military Navy Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Svenbot priority true ... more details
Summary Information Description USS Levant Source 800 x 503 99k jpg www.cyane.org ... scan0001.208122403 std.jpg Image may be subject to copyright, image at www.cyane.org uss cyane Date August 2, 2009 Author unkown Permission other versions Licensing PD old 100 ... more details
Summary Information Description Pit craters in Cyane Fossae Source http hirise.lpl.arizona.edu PSP 003370 2140 Date 11 05, 13 November 2009 UTC Author HiRISE image JPL Permission other versions Licensing PD USGov NASA Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Svenbot priority true ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Anapos was a water god of eastern Sicily in Greek mythology . When he opposed the kidnapping of Persephone along with the nymph Cyane , Hades turned them into a river the river Anapo in southern Sicily and a fountain, respectively. Category Greek gods Category Greek mythology Category Sea and river gods Greek deity stub de Anapos it Anapo mitologia sr ... more details
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Columbine , after the common name for the plant Aquilegia . A seventh was planned, but renamed before being launched HMS Cyane 1806 HMS Columbine was to have been a 22 gun sixth rate , but she was renamed HMS Cyane 1806 6 in 1805 and launched in 1806. HMS Columbine 1806 6 was an 18 gun Cruizer class brig sloop Cruizer class brig sloop launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1824. HMS Columbine 1826 6 was an 18 gun sloop of war sloop launched in 1826. She was converted to a 12 gun brig in 1849, a coal hulk in 1854, and was sold in 1892. HMS Columbine 1862 6 was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1862 and broken up in 1875. HMS Columbine 1897 6 was a tender purchased in 1897 and sold in 1907. HMS Wild Swan 1876 HMS Columbine was an Osprey class sloop Osprey class screw sloop of war sloop launched as HMS Wild Swan 1876 6 in 1876, converted to a base ship and renamed HMS Clyde in 1904, renamed HMS Columbine in 1912 and sold in 1920. HMS Columbine K94 6 was a Flower class corvette Flower class corvette launched in 1940. She was sold in 1946 as the civilian vessel Lief Welding , and was broken up in 1966. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Columbine, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
, Naval History magazine October 2007 The role of the USS Cyane in first laying claim to San Diego DANFS http www.history.navy.mil danfs c16 cyane ii.htm refend refbegin Folkman, D. 1972 . The Nicaragua ... more details
Tenant McLanahan about 1820 &ndash 11 February 1848 was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican American War . Biography Born in Louisiana , McLanahan was appointed midshipman 12 December 1839 and passed midshipman 2 July 1845. He served in USS Preble 1839 Preble in the Mediterranean Squadron United States Mediterranean Squadron in USS Delaware 1820 Delaware , USS Brandywine 1825 Brandywine , and USS Macedonian 1836 Macedonia in the Brazil Squadron Brazil , African Squadron African , and East Indian Squadron s, 1840 45 and in USS Shark 1821 Shark , USS Portsmouth 1843 Portsmouth and USS Cyane 1837 Cyane in the Pacific Squadron , 1846 48. While attached to Cyane , he was one of Lieutenant Charles Heywood s party besieged by Mexico Mexican forces at the Siege of San Jos del Cabo , Baja California , 24 January to 14 February 1848. The small group had been left by Commodore William Shubrick to defend San Jose. He conducted himself in a gallant, unflinching, and devoted manner as Heywood s second in command, until he was killed by a rifleshot in the neck 11 February 1848. Namesake Two ships have been named USS McLanahan USS McLanahan for him. References DANFS Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Maclanahan, Tenant ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1820 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1848 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Maclanahan, Tenant Category 1820 births Category 1848 deaths Category United States Navy officers Category American military personnel of the Mexican American War Category People from Louisiana ... more details
1914 when Gwin decommissioned for use as a ferryboat. On 11 April 1918 her name was changed to USS CyaneCyane , and she was re classified YFB 4 on 17 July 1920. Her name was struck from the Navy Register ... more details
Sir Thomas Staines , 1776 &ndash 13 July 1830 , Captain in the Royal Navy , Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Bath , and of the Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and Merit , and Order of the Crescent Knight of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent . From March 1807 through November 1809, he was captain of HMS Cyane 1806 HMS Cyane . It was his service on Cyane , particularly at Naples between 25 and 27 June 1809, which cost him his arm, that led to his knighthood and the Order of Saint Ferdinand. ref DNB Cite wstitle Staines, Thomas ref On 17 September 1814 HMS Briton 1812 HMS Briton under his command, along with HMS Tagus HMS Tagus , were the first British ships to visit the Pitcairn Islands after the HMS Bounty Bounty and discover the fate of the Mutiny on the Bounty mutineers &ndash this was six and half years after the American ship Mayhew Folger Topaz rediscovered Pitcairn. However, Staines was unaware of that discovery. ref The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ... , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1831, Volume 15 Original from Harvard University Digitized 3 Aug 2007 Chapter X Sir Thomas Staines http books.google.co.uk books?id ENoKAAAAYAAJ&pg PA367 PPA348,M1 pp. 348 374 ref ref The Gentleman s Magazine s.n., 1830. Volume 148 July Dec. 1830 Obituary Captain Sir T. Staines . http books.google.co.uk books?id kPcRAAAAYAAJ&pg PA280 PPA277,M1 p. 277 280 ref ref The European Magazine, and London Review , Philological Society of London, 1816, Volume 69 Jan. June 1816 Mutineers of the Bounty . http books.google.co.uk books?id mOwRAAAAYAAJ&pg PA62 PPA134,M1 p. 134,135 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Staines, Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1776 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 13 July 1830 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Staines, Thomas Category 1776 births Category 1830 deaths Category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Category Knights Commander o ... more details
J. M. Chapman , 90 Ton schooner , was purchased by in 1863, by Asbury Harpending and other California members of the Knights of the Golden Circle in San Francisco to outfit as a Confederate privateer . ref http www.hazegray.org danfs csn annex 1.txt DANFS Online Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships , Page 584, APPENDIX II. ANNEX I, PRIVATEERS COMMISSIONED BY THE CONFEDERATE STATES GOVERNMENT ref The object of Harpending was to raid Pacific Mail Steamship Company ships along the Pacific coast carrying gold and silver shipments to Panama City Panama , to capture and carry it back to support the Confederacy. Their attempt was detected and the ship and crew were seized on the night of their intended departure by a boarding party of the USS Cyane 1837 USS Cyane , revenue officers and San Francisco police. ref http www.militarymuseum.org Pac 20Sqdn.html California Military Museum The Pacific Squadron of 1861 1866 , The following article is taken from Aurora Hunt s book, The Army of the Pacific Its operations in California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, plains region, Mexico, etc. 1860 1866, under the chapter The Pacific Squadron of 1861 1866. pp.305 310 ref ref http books.google.com books?id s99i3BauLjoC&dq 22Rufus Henry Ingram 22&source gbs navlinks s John Boessenecker, Badge and Buckshot Lawlessness in Old California , University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. pg. 135 136 ref The ship was lost in December 1864 between between Shoalwater Bay and San Francisco. ref W. Craig Gaines, Encyclopedia of Civil War shipwrecks, LSU Press, 2008, p.28 ref References reflist DISPLAYTITLE J. M. Chapman privateer Category Confederate States Navy Category California in the American Civil War Category Privateer ships Category Maritime history of California ... more details
In Greek mythology, the name Cyanippus may refer to Son of Aegialeus and Comaetho , or else son of Adrastus and Amphithea and brother of Aegialeus. He fought in the Trojan War and was one of the men who entered the Trojan Horse . For a while, he ruled over Argos . He died childless and was succeeded by Cylarabes , son of Sthenelus . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 2. 18. 4 5 2. 30. 10 ref ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 1. 9. 13 ref ref Tryphiodorus , The Taking of Ilios , 159 ref Son of Pharax, from Thessaly . He fell in love with the beautiful Leucone and married her, but he was so fond of hunting that he would not spend any time with his young wife. Leucone, suspecting her husband of infidelity, followed him to the woods to spy on him. Cyanippus hounds scented her hiding in the thicket and, taking her for a wild animal, rushed at the woman and tore her to pieces. Cyanippus himself came up too late he set up a funeral pyre for his wife, slew his dogs upon it and then killed himself. ref Parthenius of Nicaea Parthenius , Love Romances , 10 ref ref Pseudo Plutarch , Greek and Roman Parallel Stories , 21 ref The story is similar to that of Cephalus and Procris . A Syracuse Syracusan who did not venerate Dionysus . The god punished him by making him drunk, in which state Cyanippus raped his own daughter Cyane. She managed to take a ring off the rapist s finger, so that she could recognize him later, and gave the ring to her nurse. Soon after that, the city was affected with plague, and the oracle of Apollo pronounced that there was an impious man in the city who was to be sacrificed in order to put an end to the calamity. Cyane was the only one to understand the prophecy. She grabbed her father by the hair, cut his throat and then killed herself in the same manner. ref Pseudo Plutarch , Greek and Roman Parallel Stories , 19 ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category People of the Trojan War sr ... more details
Infobox military person name William Branford Shubrick birth date 31 October 1790 death date 27 May 1874 birth place South Carolina death place Washington, D.C. placeofburial placeofburial label Place of burial image Image William B Shubrick.jpg 250px caption nickname allegiance United States United States of America serviceyears 1806 1861 rank Rear admiral United States Rear Admiral branch United States Navy commands unit battles Capture of Cyane Capture of HMS Cyane awards laterwork William Branford Shubrick 31 October 1790 27 May 1874 was an officer in the United States Navy . His active duty career extended from 1806 to 1861, including service in the War of 1812 and the Mexican American War he retired in the early months of the American Civil War Civil War . Biography Born at Belvedere, Bull s Island, South Carolina , Shubrick studied at Harvard before accepting an appointment as a midshipman in 1806. Following service in the Mediterranean in USS Wasp Wasp , he served in USS Argus 1803 Argus along the Atlantic coast of the United States. After duty in USS Hornet 1805, brig Hornet early in the War of 1812 , he was assigned to USS Constellation 1797 Constellation and, while that frigate was at Norfolk, Virginia , he led a party of bluejackets in beating off a Kingdom of Great Britain British boat attack against Craney Island Virginia Craney Island on 22 June 1813. He subsequently won a Congressional Gold Medal Congressional medal for service in USS Constitution Constitution during Capture of Cyane her capture of HMS Cyane 1806 HMS Cyane and HMS Levant 1813 Levant . During the more than three decades separating the War of 1812 from the Mexican American War , Shubrick commanded, in turn, USS Lexington 1825 Lexington and USS Natchez 1827 Natchez directed operation of the West Indies Squadron United States West Indies Squadron from 1838 to 1840 and headed the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing from 1845 to 1846. At the outbreak of the war with Mexico , Shubrick request ... more details
two British convoys together with HMS Cyane 1806 6 , a Banterer class post ship Banterer class ... had not received official information about the Treaty of Ghent . Cyane and Levant were able to fire ... vessel. With excellent seamanship Constitution outmanoeuvred both ships and forced Cyane to surrender first. After placing a prize crew on board Cyane , Stewart chased Levant down. The sloop surrendered ... Collier, 1st Baronet George Collier . Cyane and Constitution managed to escape from superior British ... more details
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