HMS Phaeton

Survived

Type	Frigate
Guns	38 guns
War	French Revolutionary Wars

Frigate under Robert Stopford, scouting for Cornwallis in June 1795. With the French closing in, she made signals to an imaginary British fleet over the horizon, and Villaret broke off the chase.

(Recto) HMS Frigate 'Phaeton', 1822; (Verso) HMS 'Active' No. 27 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961) (Recto) Drawing insribed in the upper right 'Monday Sepr 16 – 1822 -/ H.M. Frigate Phaeton -', with an indistinct inscription in the upper left. HMS 'Phaeton', 38-guns, was launched at Liverpool on 12 June 178 Photo: John Christian Schetky, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
QD: 8 × 9-pounder guns + 6 × 18-pounder carronades
Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades

Builder	John Smallshaw, Liverpool
Laid down	June 1780
Launched	12 June 1782
Commissioned	March 1782
Length	141 ft 0 in (42.98 m)
Complement	280

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

12 June 1782

Cornwallis's Retreat

Survived

16–17 June 1795

Robert Stopford; signalled to an imaginary fleet

Fate

Survived

Sold for breaking up 26 March 1828