French ship Sphinx explained

Several French ships have held the name Sphinx:

• , a third-rate ship of the line, 64 guns, launched 1756 at Brest, fought in the Seven Years' War, scrapped 1775 in Brest
• , third-rate ship of the line, 64 guns, launched 1776 in Brest, fought in the American Revolutionary War
• , sixth-rate ship, captured from the British on 10 September 1779, recaptured by the British on 29 December 1779, broken up 1811
• , brig, launched in Genoa in 1813
• , launched 1829, first steamship in the French Navy
• Sphinx, also known as the, an ironclad built for the Confederate States Navy, launched at Bordeaux in 1864