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) | |
| Class & type |
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| 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 |
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| Notes | Converted to a screw sloop at Deptford, from 1844 to 1845 |
| General characteristics As screw sloop (1845 - 1864) | |
| Class & type |
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| 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 |
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| Propulsion | Single screw |
| Speed | 8.8 kn (16.3 km/h) |
| Complement | 135 |
| Armament |
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| 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.