&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:The_Phoenix_and_the_Rose_engaged_by_the_enemy%27s_fire_ships_and_galleys_on_Aug._16,_1776,_08-16-1776_-_NARA_-_532907.jpg) The engraving The Phoenix and the Rose engaged by the enemy's fire ships and galleys on the 16 Aug. 1776. by Dominic Serres after a sketch by Sir James Wallace
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Phoenix |
| Ordered | 5 January 1758 |
| Builder | John & Robert Batson, Limehouse |
| Laid down | February 1758 |
| Launched | 25 June 1759 |
| Completed | By 26 July 1759 |
| Fate | Wrecked 4 October 1780 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 44-gun fifth-rate ship |
| Tons burthen | 84267⁄94 bm |
| Length | |
| Beam | 36 ft 9.75 in (11.2205 m) |
| Depth of hold | 15 ft 11.5 in (4.864 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 280 |
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HMS Phoenix was a 44-gun[1][2] fifth-rate ship of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1759 and sunk in 1780 and saw service during the American War of Independence.
- ^ Chernow, Ron (2011). Washington: A Life. Penguin Books. p. 238. ISBN 978-0143119968.
- ^ Naval Documents of The American Revolution Vol. 5 Part 5 (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. 1970. p. 1043.