Fox (ship)

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Fox

History
United Kingdom
Name	Fox
Builder	Alexander Hall and Sons, Aberdeen
Launched	1854
Fate	Wrecked 1912
General characteristics
Type	Auxiliary steamship
Tons burthen	320 BM
Length	132 ft (40.2 m) (hull overall) 120 ft 6 in (36.7 m)
Beam	24 ft 4 in (7.4 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Propulsion	Sails and steam (16 nominal horse power)
Sail plan	3-masted schooner rigged
Complement	26

The Fox was an 1854 steam yacht commanded by Leopold McClintock on a privately funded 1857–1859 expedition to the North American Arctic Archipelago to search for clues about the fate of Franklin's lost expedition.