English ship Phoenix (1647)
Phoenix (bottom left) at the Battle of Elba between the Staatse fleet under Van Galen and the English fleet, under the command of Richard Badiley in 1652. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth of England | |
| Name | Phoenix |
| Builder | Peter Pett II, Woolwich |
| Launched | 1647 |
| Commissioned | 1647 |
| Honours & awards | Scheveningen 1653 |
| History | |
| England | |
| Name | Phoenix |
| Acquired | May 1660 |
| Fate | Wrecked at Gibraltar on 3 December 1664 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 38-gun fourth rate |
| Tons burthen | 41472⁄94 bm |
| Length | 96 ft 0 in (29.3 m) keel for tonnage |
| Beam | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 14 ft 3 in (4.3 m) |
| Sail plan | ship-rigged |
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The Phoenix was a fourth rate of the Kingdom of England. Her initial commission was in the Parliamentary Naval Force during the English Civil War. During the First Dutch War she was taken by the Dutch at the Battle of Elba (or Montecristo), but was recaptured during the Battle of Leghorn by a boat attack. After being recommissioned she participated in the Battle of Scheveningen. She went to the Mediterranean in 1658 and remained there until wrecked in December 1664.
Phoenix was the third vessel in the English Navy to bear that name, since it was first used for a 20-gun galleass, purchased in 1545, rebuilt in 1558 and sold in 1573, and then re-used for another 20-gun ship built in 1613 which lasted until 1624.