HMS Phoenix (1832)

HMS Phoenix at the Bombardment of Acre
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Phoenix
Ordered	12 January 1831
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	May 1831
Launched	25 September 1832
Commissioned	7 January 1834
Fate	Sold for breaking on 26 January 1864
General characteristics As paddle sloop (1832 - 1844)[1]
Class and type	Steam vessel (later second-class sloop)
Tons burthen	812 bm
Length	174 ft 7 in (53.2 m)
Beam	31 ft 10 in (9.7 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 9 in (5.1 m)
Installed power	220 nhp, 2-cyl. side lever steam engine
Propulsion	Sidewheels
Complement	135
Armament	10-inch (84cwt) pivot-mounted gun 8-inch (52cwt) pivot-mounted gun 4 × 32-pdr (17cwt) carronades
Notes	Converted to a screw sloop at Deptford, from 1844 to 1845
General characteristics As screw sloop (1845 - 1864)[2]
Class and type	Screw sloop (later corvette)
Tons burthen	809 bm
Length	174 ft 7 in (53.2 m)
Beam	31 ft 10 in (9.7 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 3 in (3.7 m)
Installed power	1 × 260 nhp, 489 ihp (365 kW), 2-cyl. vertical steam engine; tubular boilers
Propulsion	Single screw
Speed	8.8 kn (16.3 km/h)
Complement	135
Armament	10-inch (84cwt) pivot-mounted gun 8-inch (52cwt) pivot-mounted gun 8 × 32-pdr (17cwt) carronades
Notes	Fitted for Arctic service in 1851

HMS Phoenix was a 6-gun steam paddle vessel of the Royal Navy, built in a dry dock at Chatham in 1832. She was reclassified as a second-class paddle sloop before being rebuilt as a 10-gun screw sloop in 1844–45. She was fitted as an Arctic storeship in 1851 and sold for breaking in 1864.