HMS Phoenix

HMS Phoenix

Sixteen vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Phoenix", after the legendary phoenix bird.

hips

*HMS "Phoenix" was a 20-gun ship purchased in 1546, rebuilt in 1558, and sold in 1573.
*HMS "Phoenix" was a 20-gun ship launched in 1613 and in the records until 1624.
*HMS "Phoenix" was a 38-gun ship launched in 1647, in Dutch hands for several months in 1652, and wrecked in 1664.
*HMS "Phoenix" was a Dutch ship captured in 1665 and sunk as a blockship in 1667.
*HMS "Phoenix" was a 42-gun fifth-rate launched in 1671. She was upgraded to a 42-gun fourth-rate in 1674, but reverted to a 36-gun fifth rate in 1691. She was burnt in 1692 to prevent her capture.
*HMS "Phoenix" was an 8-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1692 and sold in 1698.
*HMS "Phoenix" was an 8-gun fire ship launched in 1694, rebuilt in 1709 as a 24-gun sixth-rate and rebuilt again in 1727. She was hulked in 1742 and sold in 1744.
*HMS "Phoenix" was a 24-gun sixth-rate launched in 1743, used as a hospital hulk after 1755, and was sold in 1762.
*HMS "Phoenix" was a 44-gun fifth-rate launched in 1759 and lost in a hurricane off Cuba in 1780.
*HMS "Phoenix" was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1783 and wrecked in 1816.
*HMS "Phoenix" was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1832, converted to screw propulsion in 1845, and sold in 1864.
*HMS "Phoenix" was a composite screw sloop launched in 1879 and wrecked in 1882.
*HMS "Phoenix" was a "Phoenix"-class sloop launched in 1895 and capsized 1906 in a typhoon at Hong Kong.
*HMS "Phoenix" was a "Pearl"-class cruiser launched in 1889. She was renamed HMS "Tauranga" in 1890 and was sold in 1906.
*HMS "Phoenix" was an "Acheron" class destroyer launched in 1911 and sunk 1918 by the Austrian submarine "U-XXVII".
*HMS "Phoenix" was a "Parthian" class submarine launched in 1929 and sunk by an Italian torpedo boat in 1940.

hore establishments

*HMS "Phoenix" was a Royal Navy aircraft repair yard in Egypt, in commission between 1941 and 1946.
*HMS "Phoenix" was the name initially selected to replace HMS "Ferret", the anti-submarine school at Londonderry. HMS "Sea Eagle" was used instead.
*HMS "Phoenix" was a training establishment in Portsmouth, in commission between 1946 and 1993.


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