| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Sphinx |
| Namesake | Sphinx |
| Builder | Genoa (Constructeur: Mathurin Boucher)[1] |
| Laid down | February 1813 |
| Launched | 21 November 1813. |
| Captured | 18 April 1814 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Sphynx |
| Acquired | 18 April 1814 by capture |
| Renamed | Regent c. 1815 |
| Fate | Sold 1824 |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_the_Gran_Colombia_(1822_proposal).svg){kind=small} Colombia | |
| Name | Victoria |
| Namesake | Possibly Battle of La Victoria (1814) |
| Acquired | Probably by purchase c. 1824 |
| Fate | Unknown |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Sylphe-class brig |
| Displacement | c.374 tons |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 98 (French service) |
| Armament |
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| Notes | For dimensions see table below |
Sphinx (or Sphynx), was a French Sylphe-class brig launched at Genoa in 1813. She was handed over to naval suppliers at Genoa on 17 April 1814, when nearly completed as part-payment for debts. The next day the British occupied Genoa.[1] Sphinx appears to have become the Royal Navy brig Regent, and then a Customs and Excise cruizer. Regent was sold in 1824, and then appeared as the Colombian government vessel Victoria, which currently (May 2024), is no longer traceable in online resources after 1828.
- ^ a b c Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 218.