HMS Phoebe (1795)
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HMS Phoebe was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate of the British Royal Navy.
She was launched in 1795 at Deptford on the Thames. During the initial stages of her career, Phoebe saw active service in the Mediterranean, capturing the French 36-gun Nereide in 1797. On 19 February 1801 she encountered the French 40-gun L'Africaine, which was intending to transport 400 troops as reinforcements for a French invasion force in Egypt. L'Africaine surrendered to the Phoebe after sustaining heavy casualties.
The Phoebe was involved in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, commanded by Captain The Hon. Thomas Bladen Capel. She saw further service after Trafalgar, including in the Pacific and the War of 1812 against the United States. While operating in the Pacific against American ships, Phoebe, in company with the sloop-of-war Cherub, under the command of Captain James Hillyar who had orders to capture the USS Essex "at all costs", captured the 36-gun USS Essex in Valparaíso on 28 March 1814.
Phoebe became a hulk in 1826 and was sold for breaking up in 1841.
See HMS Phoebe for other ships of the same name.
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