&sq=&lang=&file=File:Combat_de_la_fr%C3%A9gate_fran%C3%A7aise_la_Junon_contre_la_fr%C3%A9gate_anglaise_Fox_en_septembre_1778.jpg) The capture of HMS Fox by the French frigate Junon
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| History | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:White_Ensign_of_Great_Britain_(1707%E2%80%931800).svg){kind=small} Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Fox |
| Ordered | 25 December 1770 |
| Builder | Thomas Raymond, Northam, Southampton |
| Laid down | May 1771 |
| Launched | 2 September 1773 |
| Completed | 12 February 1776 at Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Commissioned | October 1775 |
| Fate | Captured by two American frigates off Newfoundland, 7 June 1777 |
 United States | |
| Name | Fox |
| Acquired | 7 June 1777 by capture |
| Captured | 8 July 1777 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Fox |
| Acquired | 8 July 1777 by capture |
| Captured | 11 September 1778 |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_France_(1814%E2%80%931830).svg){kind=small} France | |
| Acquired | 11 September 1778 by capture |
| Fate | Grounded March 1779 and could not be refloated |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 599 83⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 33 ft 8 in (10.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 200 officers and men |
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HMS Fox was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Fox was first commissioned in October 1775 under the command of Captain Patrick Fotheringham. The Americans captured her in June 1777, only to have the British recapture her about a month later. The French then captured her a little less than a year after that, only to lose her to grounding in 1779, some six months later.