HMS Sphinx

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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,Demerliac (1996), p.69, #432. but {{HMS|Proserpine|1777|6}} recaptured her on 29 November 1779.{{London Gazette|issue=12678|page=410|date=30 August 1785}} She was broken up in 1811.
• {{HMS|Sphynx|1815}} was a 10-gun {{sclass|Cherokee|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 {{sclass|Halcyon|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.{{cite web |url= http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-22MS-Halc-Sphinx.htm |title=HMS Sphinx, minesweeper |first=Bill |last=Burn |work=naval-history.net |year=2011 |accessdate=2 March 2013}}