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Phoenix

HMS Phoenix

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeSteamer
WarEgyptian–Ottoman War
Main guns10-inch (84cwt) pivot-mounted gun

Paddle sloop. Stopford shifted his flag to her at Acre so he could move about the fleet during the battle.

The Battle of St. Jean d'Acre, 3 November 1840 HMS Phoenix at the Bombardment of Acre Image reference: PW4881 Artist: J.K. Wilson, (artist); C. de Brocktorff (engraver) Georgia, SMS Lipsia (1811), Stromboli, Medea, Guerrière (50), ?, HMS Carysfort (1836), HMS Talbot (1824), HMS Castor (1832), HMS Ha Photo: Charles Frederick de Brocktorff, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 10-inch (84cwt) pivot-mounted gun
  • 8-inch (52cwt) pivot-mounted gun
  • 4 × 32-pdr (17cwt) carronades
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
Laid downMay 1831
Launched25 September 1832
Commissioned7 January 1834
Length174 ft 7 in (53.2 m)
Speed8.8 kn (16.3 km/h)
Complement135

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

Career

Launched

25 September 1832

3 November 1840

Stopford moved his flag to her during the battle

Fate

Survived

Sold for breaking on 26 January 1864