French brig Sphinx (1813)

Sphynx

History
France
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
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	Sylphe-class:14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 8-pounder chase guns British service:2 × 9-pounder + 2 × 6-pounder guns + 10 × 12-pounder carronades
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.