HMS Cerberus was a 28 gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.
HMS Cerberus was ordered on 6 May 1757 from the yards of Pleasant Fenn, East Cowes and was laid down on 13 June 1757.
HMS Cerberus was launched just over a year later on 5 September 1758. The ship was the target of an early torpedo attack by David Bushnell's newly developed powder keg torpedoes in 1777. The attack allegedly killed several sailors, but did not severely damage the ship. The HMS Cerberus was eventually burnt to prevent being captured by the French on 5 August 1778 during the American War of Independence, in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. The remains of the HMS Cerberus are now part of a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the "Wreck Sites of HMS Cerberus and HMS Lark."
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