French ship Sphinx (1776)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Sphinx.
Model of a 64-gun ship from the 1770s of the same type as Sphinx
History
France
NameSphinx
BuilderBrest, France
Launched1776
FateHulked 1793
General characteristics
Armament
  • 64 guns
    • 26 × 24-pounder guns
    • 28 × 12-pounder guns
    • 10 × 6-pounder guns

Sphinx was a two-deck 64 gun ship of the French Navy. She was built at Brest to plans by Ollivier Fils[1] and launched in 1776.[2] She took the name of a recently retired 64-gun ship with the same dimensions. She fought in the American War of Independence, most notably in Suffren's campaign in the Indian Ocean.

  1. ^ Ronald Deschênes. "Vaisseaux de ligne français de 1682 à 1780 du troisième rang (Third rate French ships of the line from 1682 to 1780)". le site de l'association de généalogie d’Haïti (in French). Retrieved 29 December 2016..
  2. ^ "Le Sphinx". threedecks.org. Retrieved 29 December 2016..