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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: * was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1748 and sold in 1770. * was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1775. The French captured her in September 1779,〔Demerliac (1996), p.69, #432.〕 but recaptured her on 29 November 1779. She was broken up in 1811. * was a 10-gun launched in 1815 and sold in 1835. * was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1846 and broken up in 1881. * was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1882 and sold in 1919. * was an ''Halcyon''-class minesweeper launched in 1939, and foundered in 1940 after an air attack. * HMS ''Sphinx'' was the name given to an naval accommodation camp in Alexandria, Egypt, from April 1941. ==Citations== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Sphinx」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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