HMS Phoenix (1694)

After recommissioning she spent her time in Home Waters, North America and the West Indies.

In December 1694 she was under the command of Captain John Douglas, RN for service in the English Channel.

On 9 March 1705 Captain Michael Sansom, RN took command for service in the Mediterranean.

She saw action during the unsuccessful Battle of Toulon and was present during the great naval disaster off the Isles of Scilly when Shovell and four of his ships (Association, Firebrand, Romney and Eagle) were lost, claiming the lives of nearly 2,000 sailors.

[4] Phoenix ran ashore between Tresco and St Martin's[5] and had to be beached, but could be kept seaworthy and finally managed to reach Portsmouth.

The breadth would be 25 feet 10.5 inches (7.9 metres) with a depth of hold of 9 ft 8 in (2.9 m).

She was recommissioned in 1710 under Commander Edward Blacket, RN (promoted to captain in January 1713) for service in the English Channel and North Sea.

On 5 October she came under command of Captain Vincent Pearce, RN for service on the coast of Scotland.

The breadth would be 28 feet 4 inches (8.6 metres) with a depth of hold of 9 ft 2 in (2.8 m).

She commissioned in 1727 under Captain Aurthur Jones, RN for service in Home Waters.

[Note 2] Captain Charles Fanshaw, RN took over in 1737 for service in Carolina from 1738 to 1740 then she was in Georgia operations in June 1740.

She played a minor role in the 1740 Siege of St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

A View of the Town and Castle of St. Augustine, and the English Camp before it June 20, 1740, Phoenix shown. The Gentleman's Magazine , 1740