HMS Sphinx

Six ships (and one shore establishment) of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sphinx or HMS Sphynx, after the mythical creature, the Sphinx:


 * HMS Sphinx (1748) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1748 and sold in 1770.
 * HMS Sphinx (1775) was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1775. The French captured her in September 1779, but HMS Proserpine (1777) recaptured her on 29 November 1779. She was broken up in 1811.
 * HMS Sphynx (1815) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1815 that became a Post Office Packet Service packet, sailing out of Falmouth, Cornwall. She was sold in 1835.
 * HMS Sphynx (1846) was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1846 and broken up in 1881.
 * HMS Sphinx (1882) was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1882 and sold in 1919.
 * HMS Sphinx (J69) was an Halcyon-class minesweeper launched in 1939 that foundered in 1940 after an air attack.
 * HMS Sphinx was the name given to a naval accommodation camp in Alexandria, Egypt, from April 1941.