HMS Sphinx
Six ships (and one shore establishment) of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sphinx or HMS Sphynx, after the mythical creature, the Sphinx:
- HMS Sphinx was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1748 and sold in 1770.
- HMS Sphinx was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1775. The French captured her in September 1779,[1] but HMS Proserpine recaptured her on 29 November 1779.[2] She was broken up in 1811.
- HMS Sphynx was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1815 and sold in 1835.
- HMS Sphynx was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1846 and broken up in 1881.
- HMS Sphinx was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1882 and sold in 1919.
- HMS Sphinx was an Halcyon-class minesweeper launched in 1939, and foundered in 1940 after an air attack.
- HMS Sphinx was the name given to an naval accommodation camp in Alexandria, Egypt, from April 1941.[3]
Citations
- ↑ Demerliac (1996), p.69, #432.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 12678. p. 410. 30 August 1785.
- ↑ Burn, Bill (2011). "HMS Sphinx, minesweeper". naval-history.net. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
References
- Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). ISBN 2-906381-23-3
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