HMS Phoenix (1759) - 44-gun two-deck ship . Ninth ship of the Royal Navy , named after the legendary Phoenix . The only ship built according to this drawing.
| Phoenix | |
|---|---|
| Hms phoenix | |
 HMS Phoenix during a hurricane | |
| Service | |
 United Kingdom | |
| Class and type of vessel | 5th rank ship |
| Type of sailing weapon | Three mast ship |
| Organization |  Royal fleet |
| Manufacturer | john & Robert Batson , limehouse |
| The author of the ship drawing | Thomas Slade |
| Construction started | February 1759 |
| Launched | June 25, 1759 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | sank, October 4, 1780 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 856 41/94 tons ( approx. ) [1] [2] |
| Gondek length | 140 ft. 9 in. (43.16 m ) |
| Midship Width | 37 ft 1 3/8 in. (11.3 m) |
| Depth of intrum | 16 ft (4.88 m) |
| Engines | Sail |
| Crew | 280 people |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 44 |
| Gundeck Guns | 20 × 18 pound guns |
| Guns on the operdek | 22 × 9-fn guns (20 × 9 to 1762) |
| Guns on the Trench | 2 × 6-fn guns (2 × 6 to 1762) |
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Build
Ordered on January 5, 1758 . Named HMS Phoenix on June 14, 1759 . Launched on June 25, 1759 . It was completed on July 26, 1759 in Deptford . [one]
Slade's project, dated January 5, 1758, was noticeably longer than the standard 44-gun laying periods. From here it became possible to return an additional pair of cannon ports at the opera, and in 1762 they began to use them. The contract, signed with the Batson brothers shipyard on February 17, 1758 , provided for launching 16 months later.
Service
The Seven Years War
1759 - June, captain E.K.V. Prince Edward-August, ( Duke of York ), later captain Christopher Bethel ( born Christopher Bethell ) came into operation. Boyza was with Dunkirk with the squadron, blocked the Basque raid , and on October 21, 1762 he took the 24-gun French La Folle (used as a transport).
1763 - Captain Richard Onslow ( English Richard Onslow ), the Mediterranean Sea ; in the same year put into reserve and calculated. Re-commissioned in June, Captain Archibald Cleveland ( born Archibald Cleveland ); September 24, went to the shores of Africa , from there to the West Indies .
1765 - May 19 left with a separate mission to Algeria .
1766 - June, after the death of Captain Cleveland - Commander John Macartney ( eng. John Macartney ), from September full captain . Retired in September, re-commissioned in October, Captain Robert Lambert; He left for Africa on December 6 , and again on December 3, 1767 .
1768 - Captain John Holwall. December 16, went to Africa.
1769 - Captain George Tonyn.
1770 - October, Captain Charles Saxton.
Put in reserve in January 1771 . Overhaul in Portsmouth from July 1773 to November 1774 .
American Revolutionary War
1775 - commissioned in July, Captain Hyde Parker ; July - August equipment in Portsmouth. September 14, went to North America .
1776 - in operations near New York : on August 16, together with HMS Rose, repelled the attack of a light flotilla of colonists; On October 9, in the Hudson River , together with HMS Roebuck , HMS Tartar and two others, forced narrowness against the forts of Washington and Lee, destroyed two armed galleys .
1778 - July 22, with the squadron of Vice Admiral Howe was at Sandy Hook ; with him on August 11 against d'Estaing . In December was under siege of Savannah .
1779 - May - July , repair and plating with copper in Plymouth . In the summer with the squadron of Harvey, in September he went to the aid of Guernsey . December 25 left with the West Indian convoy .
October 4, 1780 sank during a hurricane in the region of Cuba ; team saved.
Links
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Winfield, ... p. 176.
- ↑ On repeated measurement
Literature
- Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates . Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6