HMS Fox (1780)
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| Name: | HMS Fox |
| Ordered: | 10 December 1778 |
| Builder: | George Parsons, Bursledon, Hampshire |
| Laid down: | February 1779 |
| Launched: | 2 June 1780 |
| Completed: | By 27 July 1780 |
| Honours and awards: |
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1] |
| Fate: | Broken up in April 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | 32-gun Active-class fifth rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 696 85⁄94 bm |
| Length: |
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| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 2 in (3.71 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Crew: | 250 |
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HMS Fox was a 32-gun Active-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 2 June 1780 at Bursledon, Hampshire by George Parsons.
in March 1797, near Visakhapatnam, Fox captured the French privateer Modeste, under Jean-Marie Dutertre.[2]
Took part in the bloodless Raid on Manila in January 1798.
Because Fox served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants.
She was broken up in April 1816.
Sources
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 21077. pp. 791–792. 15 March 1850.
- ↑ Demerliac, p. 308, no 2898
References
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- Hannings, Bud. (2012). The War of 1812: A Complete Chronology with Biographies of 63 General Officers. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6385-5
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