Sixteen vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phoenix, after the legendary phoenix bird.
The earliest example of the use of HMS as an abbreviation is a reference to HMS Phoenix in 1789.[1]
^"HMS", The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 2006, Encyclopedia.com. (16 September 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-HMS.html.
been named HMSPhoenix, after the legendary phoenix bird. The earliest example of the use of HMS as an abbreviation is a reference to HMSPhoenix in 1789...
leanings. On 23 February 1718, Captain Vincent Pearse arrived at Nassau in HMSPhoenix, in an attempt to get the pirates on the island to surrender. Vane was...
Look up Phoenix, Phœnix, phoenix, phoenixes, or phœnix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Phoenix most often refers to: Phoenix (mythology), a legendary...
number of frigates. Halsted went on to achieve particular success aboard HMSPhoenix, and was rewarded with command of a squadron. Ships under his overall...
Parasol Rocks in Trinidad. HMS Janus (1796) was a 32-gun fifth rate, previously the Dutch Argo. She was captured by HMSPhoenix in 1796, placed on harbour...
HMS Tauranga was a Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. The vessel was originally named Phoenix and built by J & G Thomson, Glasgow. She was launched...
HMSPhoenix in April 1679 and returned to HMS Sapphire in May 1679 before transferring to the fifth-rate HMS Nonsuch in July 1680. He returned to HMS...
rejoin the French fleet of Allemand's expedition of 1805, she encountered HMSPhoenix, Captain Thomas Baker, on 10 August 1805, off Cape Finisterre, and struck...
class K class HMS K1 HMS K2 HMS K3 HMS K4 HMS K5 HMS K6 HMS K7 HMS K8 HMS K9 HMS K10 HMS K11 HMS K12 HMS K13 HMS K14 HMS K15 HMS K16 HMS K17 HMS K26 L class...
captain of HMS Namur, based at the Nore and flying the flag of Sir Thomas Williams. He was then given command of the 36-gun frigate HMSPhoenix and after...
Pardon was brought first from Bermuda, then by Captain Vincent Pearse of HMSPhoenix, and received a mixed reception, some of those rejecting the pardon being...
British Royal Navy, HMSPhoenix and the French Navy Didon as part of the Napoleonic wars. After an hour of action Didon surrendered to Phoenix. Thomas Baker...
engine from HMSPhoenix and became a survey ship. She was broken up at Malta in 1866. HMS Firefly (1877), a British Forester-class gunboat. HMS Firefly (1915)...
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