HMS Camilla (1776)

HMS Camilla was a Royal Navy 20-gun Sphinx-class post ship. Camilla was built in Chatham Dockyard to a design by John Williams and was launched in 1776. She served in the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars, before being sold in 1831.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Camilla.

HMS Camilla, in 1796 by John Thomas Serres
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Camilla
Ordered15 April 1773
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid downMay 1774
Launched20 April 1776
Completed9 July 1776
CommissionedMay 1776
FateSold 1831
General characteristics
Class and typeSphinx-class post ship
Tons burthen432 56⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 108 ft 1+1⁄4 in (33.0 m) (gundeck)
  • 89 ft 10+3⁄8 in (27.4 m) keel
Beam30 ft 1 in (9.2 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 8 in (2.9 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement140 (134 from 1794)
Armament
  • Upper deck: 20 x 9-pounder guns
  • From 1794, she additionally carried 6 x 24-pounder carronades, (2 on her forecastle + 4 on her quarter deck)
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