HMS Phipps (1808)

History
Kingdom of Holland
NameTwo Lydias
Launched1807
Captured1808
United Kingdom
NameHMS Phipps
Acquired1808 by capture
FateBroken up 1812
General characteristics [1]
Class and type14-gun schooner
Tons burthen212 (bm)
Sail planSchooner
Armament14 guns

HMS Phipps was the Dutch privateer Two Lydias, launched in 1807, that the British Royal Navy captured in 1808 and took into service as HMS Phipps. Phipps captured two privateers, took part in a notable action, and her crew was subjected to mercury poisoning. She was sold for breaking up in 1812.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 369.