HMS Phoebe (1795)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Phoebe.

Capture of Néréide by HMS Phoebe, on 20 December 1797, by Thomas Whitcombe, 1816
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Phoebe
Ordered24 May 1794
BuilderJohn Dudman, Deptford Wharf
Laid downJune 1794
Launched24 September 1795
Honours and
awards
FateSold 1841
General characteristics [6]
Class and typePhoebe-class frigate
Type36-gun 18-pounder fifth rate
Tons burthen9268⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 142 ft 9 in (43.5 m) (overall);
  • 139 ft 0 in (42.4 m) (keel)
Beam38 ft 3 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 5+1⁄2 in (4.7 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planShip rigged
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)[7]
Complement264
Armament
  • Upper deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 8 × 9-pounder guns + 6 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Phoebe was a 36-gun fifth rate of the Royal Navy. She had a career of almost twenty years and fought in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Overall, her crews were awarded six clasps to the Naval General Service Medals, with two taking place in the French Revolutionary Wars, three during the Napoleonic Wars and the sixth in the War of 1812. Three of the clasps carried the name Phoebe. During her career, Phoebe sailed to the Mediterranean and Baltic seas, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, North and South America.

Once peace finally arrived, Phoebe was laid up, though she spent a few years as a slop ship during the 1820s. She was then hulked. The Admiralty finally sold her for breaking up in 1841.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 238.
  2. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 239.
  3. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 240.
  4. ^ a b "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 244.
  5. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 245.
  6. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 147.
  7. ^ Gardiner, Robert (1994). The heavy frigate : eighteen-pounder frigates. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain). London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851776272. OCLC 32469643.