British Sixth Rate ship 'Sphinx' (1779)

Three Decks' Forum

Come and ask, answer or inform.

Recent updates

Added Jean Cossin
Added Jean Baptiste Fortier
Update Félix Cossin de Chourses (Seigneur des Chourses (Chources)) (1762-1816)
Update Jacques Conte
Update La Confiance (22)
Added Arnaud Taudin
Added La St Anne
Added Jean Soepaert
Added La Mignonne (1)
Update Guillotin
See more...

Sphinx	20157
Nominal Guns	20	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Sixth Rate ship 'Le Sphinx' (1779) (20)
Captured	29.12.1779	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	24.6.1811	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck108' 0"Imperial Feet32.9184
Length of Keel89' 7 ⅜"Imperial Feet27.1367
Breadth30' 1"Imperial Feet9.1694
Depth in Hold9' 8"Imperial Feet2.9464
Burthen431 ³⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

12.1779Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder

18 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
3.4.1779 - 25.8.1779CaptainGeorge Anson Byron (d.1793) ADM 6/22/195
Issued by John Byron (1723-1786), North America
Commission confirmed 9.11.1780ADM 6/2223.1.1780 - 23.5.1780CaptainFrancis John Hartwell (1757-1831) ADM 6/22/218
Issued by Hyde Parker (1713/14-1783), West Indies - North Atlantic Ocean
Commission confirmed 29.12.1780BWAS-171423.5.1780 - 26.9.1780CaptainCharles Fitzgerald (1756-1810) ADM 6/22/182
Issued by Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet ) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 12.10.1780ADM 6/222.10.1780 - 3.10.1780CaptainJohn Gore (1729-1790) ADM 6/22/178ADM 6/223.10.1780 - 9.4.1781CaptainJames King (1750-1784) ADM 6/22/178ADM 6/2231.1.1782 - 19.6.1783CaptainThomas Totty (d.1802) ADM 6/22/405BWAS-171419.6.1783 - 10.1786CaptainJohn Markham ADM 6/23/87BWAS-171417.7.1790 - 6.1792CaptainGeorge Tripp ADM 6/24/51BWAS-171426.3.1793 - 4.10.1794CaptainRichard Lucas ADM 6/24/223BWAS-17144.10.1794CaptainCharles John Moore Mansfield (1760-1813) ADM 6/25/92ADM 6/254.10.1794 - 5.1795CaptainCharles John Moore Mansfield (1760-1813)BWAS-17145.1795 - 3.1796CaptainGeorge BrisacBWAS-17143.1796 - 4.1796CommanderJohn William Spranger (d.1822)BWAS-17144.1796 - 11.1796CommanderAndrew Todd (d.1803)BWAS-171411.1796 - 9.1797LieutenantFrancis Holmes CoffinBWAS-17149.1797 - 1798CaptainThomas Alexander (d.1843)BWAS-17144.1799 - 6.1799LieutenantCharles SmithBWAS-17146.1799CaptainJames OughtonBWAS-1714

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
20.2.1782 - 30.5.1782LieutenantHenry Carew: on board from 26.2.1782 ADM 6/22/413ADM 6/2221.3.1795 - 2.1796LieutenantJames Brisbane (1774-1826)ref:616

Service History

DateEventSource
12.1779Recommissioned in the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
9.1780Paid offBWAS-1714
2.1781Began middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
1.1782RecommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1782Completed middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
5.1783Paid offBWAS-1714
6.1783RecommissionedBWAS-1714
16.10.1783Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
10.1786Paid offBWAS-1714
12.1788Began middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
5.1789Completed middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £6979.0.0dBWAS-1714
7.1790RecommissionedBWAS-1714
7.1790Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
9.1790Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £3259.0.0dBWAS-1714
6.1792Paid offBWAS-1714
2.1793Began fitting at Deptford - London BWAS-1714
3.1793RecommissionedBWAS-1714
3.1793Completed fitting at Deptford - London at a cost of £1108.0.0dBWAS-1714
12.1.1794Took the Sloop La Trompeuse (16) off Cape Clear
10.1794RecommissionedBWAS-1714
3.4.1795Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
17.8.1796At surrender of the Dutch in Saldanha BayBWAS-1714
2.12.1796Capture of Foul Point, MadagascarBWAS-1714
9.1797At the Cape of Good HopeBWAS-1714
6.1799Paid off?BWAS-1714
24.6.1811Breaking up begun at PortsmouthBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/22 Archive

ADM 6/25 Archive

ref:616Nicholas Tracy, Book

Previous comments on this pageno comments to display

Make a comment about this page

Recent comments to other pages

Date posted	By	Page
Thursday 4th of June 2020 04:19	Albert Parker	2nd Battle of Cape Finisterre
Thursday 4th of June 2020 03:18	Albert Parker	2nd Battle of Cape Finisterre
Thursday 4th of June 2020 03:11	Albert Parker	2nd Battle of Cape Finisterre
Wednesday 3rd of June 2020 16:33	Wade Falcon	Spanish First Rate ship of the line 'Nuestra Señora de la Santisima Trinidad' (1769) (116)
Tuesday 2nd of June 2020 13:22	Cy	Sir William Carnegie (7^th Earl Northesk) (1756-1831)

GDPR Statement