Spanish ship Fenix (1749)

Career (Spain)

Name:	Fenix
Launched:	1749
Honours and awards:	Participated in: Battle of Cape St Vincent
Captured:	16 March 1780, by Royal Navy
Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Gibraltar
Acquired:	16 March 1780
Honours and awards:	Participated in: Battle of Cuddalore
Fate:	Broken up, 1836
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type:	80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	2184 tons (2219 tonnes)
Length:	178 ft 10¾ in (54.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	53 ft 3¾ in (16.2 m)
Depth of hold:	22 ft 4 in (6.8 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	80 guns of various weights of shot

For other ships with the same name, see Spanish ship Fenix and HMS Gibraltar.

Fenix was an 80-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy, launched in 1749. She fought at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780.

She was captured by the Royal Navy on 16 March 1780, and commissioned as the third rate HMS Gibraltar. She took part in the Battle of Cuddalore in 1783.

Gibraltar was hulked in 1813, and broken up in 1836.