HMS Phoenix (1832)

HMS Phoenix was a 6-gun steam paddle vessel of the Royal Navy, built in a dry dock at Chatham in 1832. She was reclassified as a second-class paddle sloop before being rebuilt as a 10-gun screw sloop in 1844–45. She was fitted as an Arctic storeship in 1851 and sold for breaking in 1864.

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

HMS Phoenix at the Bombardment of Acre
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Phoenix
Ordered12 January 1831
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
Laid downMay 1831
Launched25 September 1832
Commissioned7 January 1834
FateSold for breaking on 26 January 1864
General characteristics As paddle sloop (1832 - 1844)
Class and type
  • Steam vessel
  • (later second-class sloop)
Tons burthen812 bm
Length174 ft 7 in (53.2 m)
Beam31 ft 10 in (9.7 m)
Draught12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 9 in (5.1 m)
Installed power220 nhp, 2-cyl. side lever steam engine
PropulsionSidewheels
Complement135
Armament
  • 10-inch (84cwt) pivot-mounted gun
  • 8-inch (52cwt) pivot-mounted gun
  • 4 × 32-pdr (17cwt) carronades
NotesConverted to a screw sloop at Deptford, from 1844 to 1845
General characteristics As screw sloop (1845 - 1864)
Class and type
  • Screw sloop
  • (later corvette)
Tons burthen809 bm
Length174 ft 7 in (53.2 m)
Beam31 ft 10 in (9.7 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 3 in (3.7 m)
Installed power
  • 1 × 260 nhp, 489 ihp (365 kW), 2-cyl. vertical steam engine;
  • tubular boilers
PropulsionSingle screw
Speed8.8 kn (16.3 km/h)
Complement135
Armament
  • 10-inch (84cwt) pivot-mounted gun
  • 8-inch (52cwt) pivot-mounted gun
  • 8 × 32-pdr (17cwt) carronades
NotesFitted for Arctic service in 1851
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