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HMS ''Gorgon'' was the first ship completed and she served as tender to [[HMS Windsor Castle (1858)|HMS ''Cambridge'']], the gunnery school ship at Devonport, from 1874 to 1877. All four ships were commissioned between April and August 1878 during the war scare during the [[Russo-Turkish War]] for service with [[Admiral]] Sir [[Astley Cooper Key|Cooper Key]]'s Particular Service Squadron in [[Portland Harbour]]. She resumed her duties as tender to HMS ''Cambridge'' until she was refitted in 1888–89. All four of the ships of the class participated in the annual fleet manoeuvers in 1887, 1889–90 and 1892; in between times they were in Fleet Reserve. HMS ''Gorgon'', like all of her sisters, was placed on the non-effective list in 1901 and sold in 1903 for £8,400.<ref>Parkes, pp. 214–15</ref>
HMS ''Hydra'' was the next ship to be completed. After her service with the Particular Service Squadron she was [[paid off]] at [[Sheerness]] and served as tender to [[Duncan class ship of the line (1859)|HMS ''Duncan'']]. The ship was refitted in 1888–89 and was in Fleet Reserve at [[Chatham]] until 1901.<ref name=p15/>
HMS ''Cyclops'', the [[lead ship]] of the class, was the third ship to be completed. She was placed in 1st Reserve after her completion. The ship was paid off at Chatham in August 1878 and refitted in 1887–89.<ref name=p15/>
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