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In March 1797 ''Phoenix'' was transferred to the Channel Fleet; she captured the French 4-gun privateer ''L'Espiegle'' off [[Waterford]] on 18 May, 1-gun ''Le Brave'' off [[Cape Clear Island]] on 24 April 1798, 20-gun ''La Caroline'' on 31 May, and 20-gun ''Foudroyant'' on 23 January 1799. ''Phoenix'' then sailed to join the [[Mediterranean Fleet]] on 6 May, where she continued her successes. Alongside the [[fireship]] [[HMS Incendiary (1782)|HMS ''Incendiary'']] she captured the French 10-gun privateer ''L'Eole'' off [[Cape Spartel]] on 11 February 1800.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=974}} ''Phoenix'' then took the French 12-gun [[brig]] ''L'Albanaise'' on 3 June while in company with the [[brig-sloop]] [[HMS Port Mahon (1798)|HMS ''Port Mahon'']].{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=974}}{{sfnp|Clowes|1899|p=531}} Fourteen days later she captured the French 4-gun ship ''Revanche'', but the [[prize (law)|prize]] capsized the following day.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=974}}

On 2 September 1801 ''Phoenix'', with the frigates [[French frigate Pomone (17871785)|HMS ''Pomone'']] and [[French frigate Minerve (1794)|HMS ''Minerva'']], captured the French 32-gun frigate [[HMS Success (1781)|''Success'']] and destroyed the 36-gun frigate ''La Bravoure'' off [[Livorno|Leghorn]].{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=974}}{{sfnp|James|1837b|pp=96–97}} Phoenix was paid off in June 1802 and received a refit between July 1802 and June 1803. She was recommissioned in April of the latter year by Captain [[Thomas Baker (Royal Navy officer)|Thomas Baker]], under whom she captured the French 40-gun frigate [[HMS Didon (1805)|''Didon'']] in the [[action of 10 August 1805]].{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=974}} ''Phoenix'' then fought at the [[battle of Cape Ortegal]] on 4 November.{{sfnp|James|1837c|pp=110–114}} Baker was replaced by Captain Zachary Mudge in December, and ''Phoenix'' began serving again in the Channel Fleet. She received a repair at [[Plymouth Dockyard]] between September 1808 and April 1809, having been both paid off and recommissioned in February 1809. ''Phoenix'' then captured the French 14-gun privateer ''Le Charles'' alongside the [[ship-sloop]] [[HMS Jalouse (1809)|HMS ''Jalouse'']] on 29 January 1810, with Mudge then being replaced by Captain James Bowen who sailed the frigate to the East Indies Station on 11 May.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=974}}

Captain William Webley took over from Bowen in 1813, and he in turn handed over to Captain [[Charles Austen]] in September 1814.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|pp=974–975}} Austen sailed ''Phoenix'' to the Mediterranean, where she was wrecked off [[İzmir]] in a hurricane on 20 February 1816.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|pp=974–975}}{{sfnp|James|1837d|p=508}} The wreck was burned on 2 March, with the remaining materials sold for $600.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|pp=974–975}}

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{{Perseverance class frigate}}

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[[Category:Fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy]]