HMS Camilla (1776)

HMS Camilla, in 1796 by John Thomas Serres
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Camilla
Ordered	15 April 1773
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	May 1774
Launched	20 April 1776
Completed	9 July 1776
Commissioned	May 1776
Fate	Sold 1831
General characteristics
Class and type	Sphinx-class post ship
Tons burthen	432 56⁄94 (bm)
Length	108 ft 1+1⁄4 in (33.0 m) (gundeck) 89 ft 10+3⁄8 in (27.4 m) keel
Beam	30 ft 1 in (9.2 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 8 in (2.9 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	140 (134 from 1794)
Armament	Upper deck: 20 × 9-pounder guns From 1794, she additionally carried 6 × 24-pounder carronades, (2 on her forecastle + 4 on her quarterdeck)

HMS Camilla was a Royal Navy 20-gun Sphinx-class post ship. Camilla was built in Chatham Dockyard to a design by John Williams and was launched in 1776. She served in the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars, before being sold in 1831.